In the previous section, Krishna explained how He is the root cause of material creation, maintenance, and annihilation. Yet, all these actions (tāni karmāṇi) cannot (na) bind (nibadhnanti) Krishna (māṁ). He is ever detached (asaktaṁ) from all these material activities (karmasu), seated (āsīnam) as though neutral (udāsīna-vad). (BG 9.9) The material nature (prakṛtiḥ) begets (sūyate) all moving and nonmoving beings (sa-carācaram) under Krishna’s (mayā) supervision (adhyakṣeṇa), owing to which (hetunānena), this cosmic manifestation (jagad) is created and annihilated again and again (viparivartate). (BG 9.10)

Not knowing (ajānanto) Krishna’s transcendental position (paraṁ bhāvam) as the Supreme Lord of all (mama bhūta-maheśvaram), ignorant fools (mūḍhā) deride (avajānanti) Krishna (māṁ) when He appears in His human form (mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam). (BG 9.11) Those who are thus bewildered (mohinīṁ śritāḥ) are attracted by demonic (rākṣasīm) and atheistic (āsurīṁ) views. In that deluded condition (vicetasaḥ), they are baffled (mogha) in their hopes (āśā), their fruitive activities (karmāṇo), and their knowledge (jñānā). (BG 9.12)

This indirect and mysterious reciprocation of Krishna with those with atheistic mindset through His material energy perpetuates atheistic conditions in this world. Furthermore, bafflement in hopes leads to depression, and bafflement in fruitive activities leads to frustration, but owing to bafflement in knowledge, one feels elusively comfortable amidst all miseries despite experiencing periodic depression and frustration.