The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

╭ chapter nine
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At the end of the eon these creatures return to
unmanifested matter; at the beginning of the next
cycle I send them forth again. 8 Controlling my
prakriti, again and again I bring forth these myriad
forms and subject them to the laws of prakriti. 9 None
of these actions binds me, Arjuna. I am unattached
to them, so they do not disturb my nature.
10
Under my watchful eye the laws of nature take
their course. Thus is the world set in motion; thus
the animate and the inanimate are created.
11
The immature do not look beyond physical
appearances to see my true nature as the Lord of all
creation. 12 The knowledge of such deluded people
is empty; their lives are fraught with disaster and
evil, and their work and hopes are all in vain.
13
But truly great souls seek my divine nature.
They worship me with a one-pointed mind,
having realized that I am the eternal source of
all. 14 Constantly striving, they make firm their
resolve and worship me without wavering. Full
of devotion, they sing of my divine glory.
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