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गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।

gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā puṣhṇāmi chauṣhadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 15, Verse 13
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Permeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: entering the earth, Krishna sustains all beings by his energy, and becoming the flavorful moon, nourishes all plants, again describing a sustaining presence operating quietly underneath very ordinary, physical processes like growth and nourishment.

In life: the ordinary, physical processes sustaining your life, food growing, your own body's basic functioning, are themselves worth some real recognition and gratitude, not just the more obviously meaningful or dramatic parts of your existence.

Teaching: take a moment today to genuinely notice and appreciate one entirely ordinary, physical process sustaining your life, digestion, growth, basic bodily function, that you normally take completely for granted.

gāmearth
āviśhyapermeating
chaand
bhūtāniliving beings
dhārayāmisustain
ahamI
ojasāenergy
puṣhṇāminourish
chaand
auṣhadhīḥplants
sarvāḥall
somaḥthe moon
bhūtvābecoming
rasa-ātmakaḥsupplying the juice of life

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
15.13 गाम the earth? आविश्य permeating? च and? भूतानि all beings? धारयामि support? अहम् I? ओजसा by (My) energy? पुष्णामि (I) nourish? च and? औषधीः the herbs? सर्वाः all? सोमः moon? भूत्वा having become रसात्मकः watery.Commentary The immanence of the Lord as the allsustaining life is described in this verse.Ojas The energy of the Lord (Isvara). The vast heaven and earth are firmly held by this energy. It permeates the earth to support the world. This energy is destitute of passion and attachment. As the vast earth is supported by the energy of the Lord? it does not fall? it is not broken down to pieces and it does not sink into the nether worlds.The Lord penetrates the earth and supports all movable and immovable objects by His energy.Rasatmakah somah The watery moon The moon is regarded as the repository of all savours or,fluids (Rasas). I? becoming the watery moon? nourish all herbs and plants such as rice? wheat? etc.? by infusing sap into them? and make them savoury. I feed the vegetable kingdom with My vital juice (Ojas) which pervades the soil and generates sweet juice or sap in herbs? plants and trees. The watery or savoury moon nourishes all herbs and plants by infusing sap or savours into them.Moreover --