BG 9.8

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः ।
भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥
prakṛtiṁ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ
bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛtsnam avaśaṁ prakṛter vaśāt

Word-for-word meanings

avaṣṭabhya — acting through the agency;  svām — [of] My;  prakṛtim — material nature;  visṛjāmi — I send forth;  punaḥ punaḥ — again and again;  vaśāt — in accordance with [lit., under the influence of];  prakṛteḥ — [their] previously acquired nature;  imam — this;  kṛtsnam — entire;  bhūta-grāmam — multitude of beings;  avaśam — who are helplessly subjected [to their past store of karma].

Translation

Acting through the agency of My material nature, I repeatedly send forth, in accordance with their own previously acquired natures, this entire multitude of beings, who are helplessly subjected to their past store of karma.

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