Shloka 10
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
एते सप्तविधात्मानो नानावीर्या: पृथक् पृथक् । नाशवनुवन् प्रजा: स्रष्टमसमागम्य कृत्स्नश:
ete saptavidhātmāno nānā-vīryāḥ pṛthak pṛthak | nāśuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭum asamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ ||
व्यास उवाच—एते सप्तविधात्मानो नानावीर्याः पृथक् पृथक्। यावन्न समगच्छन्ति कृत्स्नशः, तावन्नाशक्नुवन् प्रजाः स्रष्टुम्॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
No single principle, however powerful, can generate creation in isolation; only the complete conjunction of the seven distinct factors yields the capacity to produce living beings. The verse emphasizes interdependence and coordinated causality.
Vyāsa explains a cosmological point: seven separate, differently potent principles remain incapable of producing progeny until they unite fully. This frames creation as a process requiring the coming-together of multiple tattvas.