A declaration · expansive in mood · builds on earlier teachings
“Everything that appears rises from one source and returns there.”
Know that all beings are born from these two natures. I am the source and the dissolution of the entire universe.
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All beings arise from these two natures. Krishna says he is the source and end of the whole universe.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Jnana Vijnana Yoga" (Knowledge and Wisdom).
Verse 6 sits in Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita — Jnana Vijnana Yoga, "Knowledge and Wisdom". The chapter has 30 verses in total.
You watch a child, a career, or a relationship begin and end, and it feels fragile. This verse asks you to see the larger ground beneath every rise and collapse.
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It shifts the mind from seeing life as isolated events to seeing one source behind all change.
What this verse means
All beings arise from these two natures. Krishna says he is the source and end of the whole universe.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield, Arjuna is still frozen while Krishna unfolds the hidden structure of reality. After naming lower and higher nature, Krishna says every being comes from their union and that he is both the origin and the end of everything.
Why this verse still matters
You watch a child, a career, or a relationship begin and end, and it feels fragile. This verse asks you to see the larger ground beneath every rise and collapse.
“The world is not random or separate from its source; it rests in a living divine presence.”
Explore related themes: prakriti (31 verses), bhagavan (11 verses)