Commentary on the Bhagavadgita : 13- Swami Krishnananda.
==================================================================== ===================================================================== Thursday, January 06, 2022. 8:00.PM Discourse 41 The Fourteenth Chapter: Rising Above the Three Gunas POST-13. =========================================================================== Sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ saṁbhavanti yāḥ, tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bījapradaḥ pitā (14.4): “Mahat-brahma is the field in which I sow the seed of creation; and I am the Father who sows this seed into the Mahat-brahma.” That is to say, the field is mulaprakriti itself, which is all-pervading in its nature. Because of the disturbance of the three gunas—sattva, rajas and tamas—it has the potency to manifest itself into variety. But it cannot act of its own accord. It cannot move, it cannot divide itself into three qualities, unless there is a spirit pushing it forward. That spirit is Supreme Consciousness, which is referred to here by Lord Krishna. ...