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Bhagavad Geeta · Krishna

Chapter 10

विभूतियोग

Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    śrī bhagavānuvāca bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ| yatte'haṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā||10.1||

    Meaning

    Lord Shri Krishna said: Now, O Prince! Listen to My supreme advice, which I give you for the sake of your welfare, for you are My beloved.

  2. Verse 2

    na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ| ahamādirhi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ||10.2||

    Meaning

    Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source from which they all originate.

  3. Verse 3

    yo māmajamanādiṃ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram| asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate||10.3||

    Meaning

    He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusions, becomes free from all conceivable sins.

  4. Verse 4

    buddhirjñānamasaṃmohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ| sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṃ cābhayameva ca||10.4||

    Meaning

    Intelligence, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, and fearlessness;

  5. Verse 5

    ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṃ yaśo'yaśaḥ| bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṃ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ||10.5||

    Meaning

    Harmlessness, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and failure—all these characteristics of beings spring from Me alone.

  6. Verse 6

    maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā| madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ||10.6||

    Meaning

    The seven Great Seers, the progenitors of mankind, the Ancient Four, and the Lawgivers were born of My will and come forth directly from Me. The race of mankind has sprung from them. (Mareechi, Atri, Angira, Pulah, Kratu, Pulastya, Vahishta; the Masters: Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatan, Sanatkumar.)

  7. Verse 7

    etāṃ vibhūtiṃ yogaṃ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ| so'vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ||10.7||

    Meaning

    He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My creative power attains perfect peace without a doubt.

  8. Verse 8

    ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate| iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ||10.8||

    Meaning

    I am the source of all; from me everything flows. Therefore, the wise worship me with an unchanging devotion.

  9. Verse 9

    maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam| kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca||10.9||

    Meaning

    With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening one another, they ever feel content and happy.

  10. Verse 10

    teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam| dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupayānti te||10.10||

    Meaning

    To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination that leads them to Me.

  11. Verse 11

    teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ| nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā||10.11||

    Meaning

    By My grace, I live in their hearts, and I dispel the darkness of ignorance with the shining light of wisdom.

  12. Verse 12

    arjuna uvāca paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān| puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyamādidevamajaṃ vibhum||10.12||

    Meaning

    Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of Holies, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn, and Omnipresent.

  13. Verse 13

    āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣirnāradastathā| asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me||10.13||

    Meaning

    So have said the seers, the divine sage Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it.

  14. Verse 14

    sarvametadṛtaṃ manye yanmāṃ vadasi keśava| na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṃ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ||10.14||

    Meaning

    I believe in what You have said, my Lord! For neither the godly nor the godless comprehend Your manifestation.

  15. Verse 15

    svayamevātmanā'tmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama| bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate||10.15||

    Meaning

    You alone know Yourself, by the power of Your Self; You are the Supreme Spirit, the Source and Master of all being, the Lord of Lords, the Ruler of the Universe.

  16. Verse 16

    vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ| yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi||10.16||

    Meaning

    Please tell me about all of Your glorious manifestations, through which You pervade the world.

  17. Verse 17

    kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan| keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavanmayā||10.17||

    Meaning

    O Master! How can I, through constant meditation, come to know You? My Lord! What are Your various manifestations through which I can meditate on You?

  18. Verse 18

    vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana| bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam||10.18||

    Meaning

    Tell me again, I pray, of Thy power and Thy glory in full; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words.

  19. Verse 19

    śrī bhagavānuvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ| prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me||10.19||

    Meaning

    Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved friend! I will unfold to you some of the chief aspects of My glory. There is no end to its full extent.

  20. Verse 20

    ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ| ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca||10.20||

    Meaning

    O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the life, and the end of them all.

  21. Verse 21

    ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumān| marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ śaśī||10.21||

    Meaning

    Of all the creative powers, I am the Creator; of luminaries, the Sun; of winds, the Whirlwind; and of planets, the Moon.

  22. Verse 22

    vedānāṃ sāmavedo'smi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ| indriyāṇāṃ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā||10.22||

    Meaning

    Of the Vedas, I am the hymns; I am the electric force in the powers of nature; of the senses, I am the mind; and I am the intelligence in all that lives.

  23. Verse 23

    rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām| vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham||10.23||

    Meaning

    Among forces of vitality, I am the life; I am Mammon to the heathens and the godless; I am the energy in fire, earth, wind, sky, heaven, sun, moon, and planets; and among mountains, I am Mount Meru.

  24. Verse 24

    purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim| senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ||10.24||

    Meaning

    Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the priest Brihaspati; of generals, I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters, I am the Ocean.

  25. Verse 25

    maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgurahaṃ girāmasmyekamakṣaram| yajñānāṃ japayajño'smi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ||10.25||

    Meaning

    Of the great seers, I am Bhrigu; of words, I am Om; of offerings, I am the silent prayer; among things immovable, I am the Himalayas.

  26. Verse 26

    aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ| gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ||10.26||

    Meaning

    Of trees, I am the sacred fig tree; of divine seers, Narada; of heavenly singers, I am Chitraratha, their leader; and of sages, I am Kapila.

  27. Verse 27

    uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam| airāvataṃ gajendrāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca narādhipam||10.27||

    Meaning

    Know that among horses I am Pegasus, heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the white one, and I am the ruler among men.

  28. Verse 28

    āyudhānāmahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk| prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ||10.28||

    Meaning

    I am the thunderbolt among weapons; I am the Cow of Plenty among cows; I am Passion in those who procreate, and I am the Cobra among serpents.

  29. Verse 29

    anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham| pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham||10.29||

    Meaning

    I am the king-python among snakes, I am the aqueous principle among those that live in water, I am the father of fathers, and among rulers I am death.

  30. Verse 30

    prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham| mṛgāṇāṃ ca mṛgendro'haṃ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām||10.30||

    Meaning

    And I am the devotee Prahlada among the heathens; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am the Lion among beasts and the Eagle among birds.

  31. Verse 31

    pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham| jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī||10.31||

    Meaning

    I am the wind among purifiers, the king Rama among warriors; I am the crocodile among fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers.

  32. Verse 32

    sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṃ caivāhamarjuna| adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham||10.32||

    Meaning

    I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of creation; among sciences, I am the science of spirituality; I am the discussion among disputants.

  33. Verse 33

    akṣarāṇāmakāro'smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca| ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātā'haṃ viśvatomukhaḥ||10.33||

    Meaning

    Of letters, I am A; I am the copulative in compound words; I am inexhaustible Time; and I am the all-pervading Preserver.

  34. Verse 34

    mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām| kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṃ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā||10.34||

    Meaning

    I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that will happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy, and Forgiveness.

  35. Verse 35

    bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham| māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'hamṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ||10.35||

    Meaning

    Of hymns, I am Brihatsama; of meters, I am Garatri; among months, I am Margasheersha (December); and I am Spring among seasons.

  36. Verse 36

    dyūtaṃ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham| jayo'smi vyavasāyo'smi sattvaṃ sattvavatāmaham||10.36||

    Meaning

    I am the gambler's cheat and the splendor of the splendid; I am victory; I am effort; and I am the purity of the pure.

  37. Verse 37

    vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo'smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ| munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ||10.37||

    Meaning

    I am Shri Krishna among the Vishnu-clan, Arjuna among the Pandavas, Vyasa among the saints, and Shukracharya among the sages.

  38. Verse 38

    daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām| maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham||10.38||

    Meaning

    I am the scepter of rulers, the strategy of conquerors, the silence of mystery, and the wisdom of the wise.

  39. Verse 39

    yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tadahamarjuna| na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṃ carācaram||10.39||

    Meaning

    I am the seed of all beings, O Arjuna! No creature, moving or unmoving, can live without Me.

  40. Verse 40

    nānto'sti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ paraṃtapa| eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā||10.40||

    Meaning

    O Arjuna! The aspects of My divine life are endless; I have mentioned only a few as an example.

  41. Verse 41

    yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā| tattadevāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejoṃ'śasaṃbhavam||10.41||

    Meaning

    Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful, and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendor.

  42. Verse 42

    athavā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna| viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat||10.42||

    Meaning

    But what is the use of all these details to you, O Arjuna? I sustain this universe with only a small part of Myself.

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