Shloka 22
The Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa from Hastināpura
स एव भूयो निजवीर्यचोदितां स्वजीवमायां प्रकृतिं सिसृक्षतीम् । अनामरूपात्मनि रूपनामनी विधित्समानोऽनुससार शास्त्रकृत् ॥ २२ ॥
sa eva bhūyo nija-vīrya-coditāṁ sva-jīva-māyāṁ prakṛtiṁ sisṛkṣatīm anāma-rūpātmani rūpa-nāmanī vidhitsamāno ’nusasāra śāstra-kṛt
ఆయనే మళ్లీ తన స్వశక్తిచేత ప్రేరితమైన సృష్టికర్త ప్రకృతిని కార్యోన్ముఖం చేస్తాడు. తన అంసమైన జీవులకు నామరూపాలు విధించాలనే సంకల్పంతో వారిని ప్రకృతి ఆధీనంలో ఉంచి, శాస్త్రకర్తగా ఆ విధానాన్ని అనుసరింపజేశాడు।
The living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord. They are of two varieties, namely nitya-mukta and nitya-baddha. The nitya-muktas are eternally liberated souls, and they are eternally engaged in the reciprocation of transcendental loving service with the Lord in His eternal abode beyond the manifested mundane creations. But the nitya-baddha, or eternally conditioned souls, are entrusted to His external energy, māyā, for rectification of their rebellious attitude toward the supreme father. Nitya-baddhas are eternally forgetful of their relation with the Lord as parts and parcels. They are bewildered by the illusory energy as products of matter, and thus they are very busy in making plans in the material world for becoming happy. They go on merrily with plans, but by the will of the Lord both the plan-makers and the plans are annihilated at the end of a certain period, as above mentioned. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.7) as follows: “O son of Kuntī, at the end of the millennium all the living entities merge into My nature, and again when the time of creation is ripe, I begin creation by the agency of My external energy.”
FAQs
This verse states that the Lord’s own Self is beyond all names and forms, yet He can establish names and forms for creation and revelation through His potency.
Because creation is not independent—material nature acts when impelled by the Lord’s own energy, showing His supremacy over prakriti and maya.
See changing labels and identities as temporary, while grounding life in devotion to the unchanging Lord who stands beyond all material designations.