Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 15, Verse 13

Sanskrit Verse

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।

Transliteration

gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā

puṣhṇāmi chauṣhadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ

Word meanings

gām—earth; āviśhya—permeating; cha—and; bhūtāni—living beings; dhārayāmi—sustain; aham—I; ojasā—energy; puṣhṇāmi—nourish; cha—and; auṣhadhīḥ—plants; sarvāḥ—all; somaḥ—the moon; bhūtvā—becoming; rasa-ātmakaḥ—supplying the juice of life

Swami Sivananda's translation

Permeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 15