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Chapter 15 · Purushottama Yoga

Sustaining Presence · Under Your Own Feet

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

gām āviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ

Meaning

"Entering the earth, I sustain all beings by My energy; and becoming the sap-giving moon, I nourish all plants."

Explanation

There's something quietly moving about the divine being pictured not as distant and grand, but as the very energy holding up the ground beneath your feet and feeding every growing plant.

Today's Life Lesson

Notice today the quiet, sustaining presence beneath even the most ordinary things — the ground you walk on, the food you eat.

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