The verse

Bhagavad Gita 9.10BG 9.10 · Chapter 9, Verse 10

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

A declaration · expansive in mood · builds on earlier teachings

“Change is not chaotic; it unfolds within a higher order.”

Wisdom translation, edited by Ankur Shukla. Commentary AI-drafted, human-reviewed. Reviewed June 2026. Methodology →

The verse

मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् ।
हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥

Nature, under my supervision, brings forth all moving and unmoving beings. Because of this, the world keeps changing, O son of Kunti.

— Krishna

Bhagavad Gita · 9.10

Hindi · हिन्दी

प्रकृति मेरी अध्यक्षतामें सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगत् को रचती है । हे कुन्तीनन्दन इसी हेतुसे जगत् का विविध प्रकारसे परिवर्तन होता है ॥

Themes:Prakriti Omnipresence

Word by word

The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Tap a word to focus on it.

मयाby meअध्यक्षेणas overseerप्रकृतिःnatureसूयतेgives birth, brings forthसचराचरम्the moving and the unmovingहेतुनाbecause, by reasonअनेनof thisकौन्तेयO son of Kuntiजगत्the worldविपरिवर्ततेkeeps turning, keeps changing

Read literallyby me · as overseer · nature · gives birth, brings forth · the moving and the unmoving · because, by reason · of this · O son of Kunti · the world · keeps turning, keeps changing

Understanding the verse

Under Krishna's watch, prakriti produces all moving and unmoving things, and this is why the world turns.

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In plain words

What this verse means

All changing life unfolds under Krishna's supervision. The world keeps transforming because nature works through his oversight.

On the battlefield

Context & commentary

Krishna keeps answering Arjuna's deepest confusion. After explaining creation and his detachment from it, he now says that nature itself brings forth the whole moving and unmoving world under his supervision, and that this is why everything keeps changing.

In your life

What it looks like today

You lose your job the same month your daughter gets into medical college, and the year feels random. Krishna says nature produces every change under his watch, so the turning of events has an order behind it.

The takeaway

“You can stop feeling abandoned by change. What shifts is not random; it still rests within a larger order.”

Carry it with you