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Divine will

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on divine will. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 9 • Verse 8 →The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
Prakritim svam avashtabhya visrijami punah punah, bhuta-gramam imam kritsnam avasham prakriter vashah

Animating My own material nature, I project forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, which are helpless by their own nature. The Lord creates not out of necessity but as an expression of His divine energy, with all beings operating under the laws of prakriti.

  • •Creation is driven by the Lord's divine energy (prakriti)
  • •Living beings are subject to the laws of material nature
  • •God is the master controller of all cosmic projections
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Chapter 11 • Verse 33 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Tasmāt tvam uttiṣhṭha yaśho labhasva jitvā śhatrūn bhuṅkṣhva rājyaṁ samṛiddham, mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sāchin

Therefore, arise and attain glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They are already slain by My arrangement; you are merely an instrument.

  • •We are instruments of divine will
  • •Outcomes are already determined
  • •Act without ego of doership
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