Bhagavad Gita 15.13 Meaning: Gamavishya cha bhutani

Bhagavad Gita 15.13

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

Gamavishya cha bhutani dharayamyahamojasaPushnami chaushadhih sarvah somo bhutva rasatmakah

gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā |puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ ||

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Our explanation Entering the earth, Krishna says, he holds up all beings by his strength (ojas), and becoming Soma, full of sap (rasa), he nourishes all plants. Telang translates Soma as 'the juicy moon'; Besant keeps 'Soma' and notes that 'the watery Moon' is the accepted translation.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि वे पृथ्वी में प्रवेश करके अपने ओज से सब प्राणियों को धारण करते हैं, और रस से भरा सोम बनकर सब वनस्पतियों का पोषण करते हैं। तेलंग “सोम” का अनुवाद “रस भरा चंद्रमा” करते हैं; बेसेंट “सोम” शब्द रखती हैं और लिखती हैं कि “जलमय चंद्रमा” प्रचलित अनुवाद है।

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गाम् gām · the earth (accusative singular) Dictionary: go, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 363, col. 3 “the earth (as the milk-cow of kings)”
आविश्य āviśya · having entered (absolutive ('having done')) Dictionary: ā-viś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 3 “to go or drive in or towards; to approach, enter”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
भूतानि bhūtāni · beings (accusative plural) Dictionary: bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”
धारयामि dhārayāmi · uphold, sustain (causative present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: dhṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 519, col. 1 “to hold, bear (also = bring forth), carry, maintain, preserve”
अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
ओजसा ojasā · by strength, with vigour (instrumental singular) Dictionary: ojas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 235, col. 2 “bodily strength, vigour, energy, ability, power”
पुष्णामि puṣṇāmi · nourish (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 2. puṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 638, col. 2 “to cause to thrive or prosper, nourish, foster, augment, increase”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
ओषधीः oṣadhīḥ · plants, herbs (accusative plural) Dictionary: oṣa-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 236, col. 1 “a herb, plant, simple, esp. any medicinal herb”
सर्वाः sarvāḥ · all (accusative plural (feminine)) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
सोमः somaḥ · Soma (the moon, the sap) (nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. soma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1249, col. 3 “juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant”
भूत्वा bhūtvā · having become (absolutive ('having done')) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to become, be”
रसात्मकः rasātmakaḥ · whose nature is sap (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: rasātmaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 870, col. 2 “having juice for its essence, consisting of nectar (as the moon)”

'Entering in the form of the goddess earth,' say Ânandagiri and Madhusûdana. Support, i. e. by keeping the earth from falling or crumbling away. The moon is said to nourish herbs by communicating to them some of her 'juice.' The moon, it may be noted, is called 'watery star' by Shakespeare. As to her relation to the vegetable kingdom, see Matsya-purâna XXIII, stanza 10 seq. ↩

"Having become the watery Moon" is the accepted translation. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 15.13: meaning and translation

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