# Material nature (prakṛti) *47 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is* * demons claim it as cause of manifestation, **[[bg/16/8#translation|Bg. 16.8]]** * difference from living entity, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]] * fashions body according to desire, **[[bg/18/62#translation|Bg. 18.62]]** * frustrates plans of atheists, **[[bg/7/15#translation|Bg. 7.15]]** * impregnated by glance of Kṛṣṇa, **[[bg/3/16#translation|Bg. 3.16]]**, **[[bg/9/11#translation|Bg. 9.11]]** * Kālī its ghastly form, **[[bg/3/12#translation|Bg. 3.12]]** * in contact with living entity since time immemorial, **[[bg/5/15#translation|Bg. 5.15]]** * Kṛṣṇa is not subject to, **[[bg/7/13#translation|Bg. 7.13]]** * liberation attained by understanding, **[[bg/13/25#translation|Bg. 13.25]]** * mahātmā not under control of, **[[bg/9/14#translation|Bg. 9.14]]** * not the cause of birth, **[[bg/14/4#translation|Bg. 14.4]]** * punishes those who misuse it, **[[bg/3/12#translation|Bg. 3.12]]** * temporary aspects, [[bg/0a|Bg. Introduction]] * transformations of living entities due to, **[[bg/13/20#translation|Bg. 13.20]]** * working according to plan, **[[bg/11/34#translation|Bg. 11.34]]** * relation to senses, **[[bg/2/70#translation|Bg. 2.70]]**, **[[bg/3/42#translation|Bg. 3.42]]**, *[[bg/13/1-2#purport|Bg. 13.1-2]]*, **[[bg/13/3#translation|Bg. 13.3]]**, **[[bg/13/22#translation|Bg. 13.22]]**, **[[bg/15/10#translation|Bg. 15.10]]** * relation to Supersoul (Paramātmā), **[[bg/2/21#translation|Bg. 2.21]]**, [[bg/2/22|Bg. 2.22]], **[[bg/2/23#translation|Bg. 2.23]]**, **[[bg/13/3#translation|Bg. 13.3]]**, **[[bg/13/4#translation|Bg. 13.4]]**, **[[bg/13/23#translation|Bg. 13.23]]**, **[[bg/13/24#translation|Bg. 13.24]]** * relation to the modes, **[[bg/2/46#translation|Bg. 2.46]]**, **[[bg/3/28#translation|Bg. 3.28]]**, **[[bg/5/18#translation|Bg. 5.18]]**, **[[bg/14/22-25#translation|Bg. 14.22-25]]** * soul as basis of, **[[bg/2/17#translation|Bg. 2.17]]**, **[[bg/2/19#translation|Bg. 2.19]]**, **[[bg/3/4#translation|Bg. 3.4]]**, **[[bg/7/7#translation|Bg. 7.7]]**, **[[bg/10/21#translation|Bg. 10.21]]** * subsists on food grains, **[[bg/3/14#translation|Bg. 3.14]]** * taken from 8,400,000 species, [[bg/8/3|Bg. 8.3]] * theory of oneness with soul, **[[bg/18/22#translation|Bg. 18.22]]** * tortured by demonic, **[[bg/17/5-6#translation|Bg. 17.5-6]]**, **[[bg/17/7#translation|Bg. 17.7]]** * transmigration of, **[[bg/2/13#translation|Bg. 2.13]]**, **[[bg/15/8#translation|Bg. 15.8]]**, **[[bg/15/9#translation|Bg. 15.9]]**