Bhagavad Gita 15.13 · Krishna
Holding the earth, feeding the fields
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।
पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः॥
gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasāpuṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ
Entering the earth, I hold all beings with My strength. Becoming the moon, full of sap, I nourish every plant.
What it means
Krishna says he enters the earth and holds every being up with his energy. And as soma, the moon, rich with life-giving sap, he nourishes every plant. In the old Indian view, the moon fed the juices of crops. The point is warm. The divine is in the soil that holds us and the food that feeds us.
The story
Arjuna stands on Kurukshetra's earth, on fields that once grew grain. Krishna reminds him that the ground under his feet is held by the same love that holds him.
In your life
Imagine a family dinner after a hard week, bread, soup, people laughing. Someone grew all of it. Before your next meal, pause and thank the hands and the earth that fed you.
The earth holds you. The fields feed you.