All begins and returns in Krishna.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय |अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ||७-६||
etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya . ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā ||7-6||
Use this verse when beginnings or endings feel overwhelming.
Meaning
Understand that all beings arise from these two natures. I am the origin and dissolution of the whole universe.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna is the source and end of all existence.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
Both matter and life arise in Krishna, making Him the origin, support, and final resolution of the universe.
Read the traditional commentary
Krishna draws the two Natures together. From the union of the lower (material) and the higher (conscious) prakriti, all beings are born; these two are the very womb of existence. And since both Natures are His own, He declares Himself the origin (prabhava) and the dissolution (pralaya) of the entire cosmos — the beginning and the end alike.
This is a vision of radical unity. The world is not an accident, nor are creation and destruction opposing forces; both arise from and return to the one Divine. For the seeker, the implication is consoling. Whatever comes into being and whatever passes away is held within God. Nothing is truly lost, and nothing arises apart from Him. To grasp this is to meet change with equanimity rather than fear.
In daily life
See life events within the larger divine cycle.
Loss becomes less absolute when seen in a larger cycle of emergence and return.
Try this today
Reflect on one beginning and one ending in your life.
I trust the source and return of all things.Reflect
What am I seeing as isolated instead of part of a larger cycle?
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The Gita on dissolution, in other chapters
- Verse 8.18All forms arise from and return to an unseen source in an endless rhythm, so hold the changing world lightly.
- Verse 9.7Creation moves in vast cycles of dissolution and renewal — what looks like an ending is a return to source, never true loss.
- Verse 11.2 · ArjunaGrasping how all things rise and dissolve naturally awakens a deeper longing to witness the Source directly.
- Verse 10.39Nothing whatsoever exists apart from the Divine — once you see this, you can find God everywhere.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 7.6
Who says Bhagavad Gita 7.6, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 7.6, in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga (Jnana Vijnana Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 7.6 mean?
Understand that all beings arise from these two natures. I am the origin and dissolution of the whole universe. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 7.6 for daily life?
See life events within the larger divine cycle. Loss becomes less absolute when seen in a larger cycle of emergence and return.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 7.6 mean?
एतत् योनीनि — having these (two Natures) as their womb; भूतानि सर्वाणि — all beings; इति उपधारय — thus understand; अहम् — I; कृत्स्नस्य जगतः — of the whole universe.
Where does verse 7.6 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 6 of 30 in Chapter 7, Jnana Vijnana Yoga. The next verse is 7.7.