Divine Will

Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and a rise of unrighteousness, O Bharata — then I bring Myself forth.

Though I am unborn and My Self is imperishable, though I am the Lord of all beings — by presiding over My own nature, I come into being through My own divine power.

The Lord, O Arjuna, dwells in the heart-region of all beings, causing all beings to revolve as if mounted on a machine through the power of illusion.

The Blessed Lord said: I am Time, the great destroyer of worlds, fully matured and engaged here in the annihilation of all. Even without you, none of these warriors arrayed against you shall survive.

Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and the other warrior heroes — already slain by me, do you strike them down; do not be distressed. Fight, and you shall conquer your adversaries in battle.

Therefore rise up, win glory, and by defeating your enemies enjoy a flourishing kingdom. By me alone have these warriors already been slain — be merely the instrument, O Savyasācin.

The seat of action, the agent, the various instruments, the many and diverse movements — and the fifth, divine providence — these are the five.

Under My superintendence, nature brings forth the moving and the unmoving. By this cause, O son of Kunti, the world revolves.

Presiding over My own nature, I send forth this entire multitude of beings again and again — helplessly driven by the force of nature.

Endowed with that faith, such a person performs the worship of that form and obtains thereby the desired fruits — which are in truth ordained by Me alone.

As many rushing currents of rivers race forward into the sea, so these champions of the mortal world rush into your blazing mouths.

When the soul completely frees itself from everything that goes against God's will and conforms to it, it is transformed in God through love.

If someone truly lives in God's will, they find joy in all pain and simplicity in all complexity; even the torments of hell would be a joy to them.

The person who lives in God's will desires nothing but what God is and what God desires.

He is the king of kings. According to Guru Nanak Dev, the right thing to do is to live according to His will and command.

A saint lives according to God's will.

He answered: Prajapati, desiring offspring, practised austerity. Having done so, he brought forth a pair — Rayi (matter) and Prana (life-force) — thinking: these two shall multiply my creatures in manifold ways.

Into your terrible mouths, with their fearsome, dreadful fangs, warriors rush headlong — some are seen hanging between your teeth, their crushed heads ground to dust.

The Lord creates neither the sense of doership in beings, nor their actions, nor the linking of action to its result — it is one's own nature that sets all of this in motion.

You move in the womb as Prajapati; you yourself are born again and again. These creatures bring tribute to you, O Prana, you who dwell within all breaths.