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Chapter 10

In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10,Krishna explains His true self more specifically and thereby reveals Himself the Supreme personality of all, the source of all. Krishna also tells how His pure devotees know that He is the unborn Supreme Lord, the source of all sages, the source of the material and spiritual worlds, and the source of all qualities and attitudes. Thus, pure and wise worship the Lord with all their hearts. They derive satisfaction by speaking about Him. He instils knowledge and removes ignorance from their hearts. Out of compassion, Krishna within their hearts destroys any remaining ignorance. After hearing of Krishna’s opulence, Arjuna confirms Krishna as the Supreme Lord by quoting authorities and explains that only Krishna truly knows Himself. Krishna then tells of His divine manifestations within this world, as the Super soul, the best of everything. For e.g. among the senses, He is the mind, of all the mountains he is Meru, of Rudras, He is Shiva and so on. All this indicates His limitless opulence for a single fragment of Krishna’s energy pervades and supports this entire universe. 

Slogam 1:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.1

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

bhūya eva mahā-bāho

śṛṇu me paramaḿ vacaḥ

yat te ’haḿ prīyamāṇāya

vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā



Translation 


The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Listen again, O mighty-armed Arjuna. Because you are My dear friend, for your benefit ...View More

Slogam 2:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.2

na me viduḥ sura-gaṇāḥ

prabhavaḿ na maharṣayaḥ

aham ādir hi devānāḿ

maharṣīṇāḿ ca sarvaśaḥ



Translation 


Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages...View More

Slogam 3:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.3

yo mām ajam anādiḿ ca

vetti loka-maheśvaram

asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu

sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate



Translation 


He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds—he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.

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Slogam 4-5:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.4-5

buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ

kṣamā satyaḿ damaḥ śamaḥ

sukhaḿ duḥkhaḿ bhavo ’bhāvo

bhayaḿ cābhayam eva ca


ahiḿsā samatā tuṣṭis

tapo dānaḿ yaśo ’yaśaḥ

bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāḿ

matta eva pṛthag-vidhāḥ



Translation 


Intelligence, kno...View More

Slogam 6:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.6

maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve

catvāro manavas tathā

mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā

yeṣāḿ loka imāḥ prajāḥ



Translation 


The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind] come from Me, born from My mind, and all the ...View More

Slogam 7:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.7

etāḿ vibhūtiḿ yogaḿ ca

mama yo vetti tattvataḥ

so ’vikalpena yogena

yujyate nātra saḿśayaḥ



Translation 


One who is factually convinced of this opulence and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt.

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Slogam 8:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.8

ahaḿ sarvasya prabhavo

mattaḥ sarvaḿ pravartate

iti matvā bhajante māḿ

budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ



Translation 


I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and wo...View More

Slogam 9:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.9

mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā

bodhayantaḥ parasparam

kathayantaś ca māḿ nityaḿ

tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca



Translation 


The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enl...View More

Slogam 10:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.10

teṣāḿ satata-yuktānāḿ

bhajatāḿ prīti-pūrvakam

dadāmi buddhi-yogaḿ taḿ

yena mām upayānti te



Translation 


To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.

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Slogam 11:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.11

teṣāḿ satata-yuktānāḿ

bhajatāḿ prīti-pūrvakam

dadāmi buddhi-yogaḿ taḿ

yena mām upayānti te



Translation 


To show them special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.

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Slogam 12-13:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.12-13

arjuna uvāca

paraḿ brahma paraḿ dhāma

pavitraḿ paramaḿ bhavān

puruṣaḿ śāśvataḿ divyam

ādi-devam ajaḿ vibhum


āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve

devarṣir nāradas tathā

asito devalo vyāsaḥ

svayaḿ caiva bravīṣi me



Translation 


Arjuna said: You are th...View More

Slogam 14:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.14

sarvam etad ṛtaḿ manye

yan māḿ vadasi keśava

na hi te bhagavan vyaktiḿ

vidur devā na dānavāḥ



Translation 


O Krishna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord, can understand Your personality.

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Slogam 15:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.15

svayam evātmanātmānaḿ

vettha tvaḿ puruṣottama

bhūta-bhāvana bhūteśa

deva-deva jagat-pate



Translation 


Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the universe!

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Slogam 16:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.16

vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa

divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ

yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān

imāḿs tvaḿ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi



Translation 


Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds.

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Slogam 17:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.17

kathaḿ vidyām ahaḿ yogiḿs

tvāḿ sadā paricintayan

keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu

cintyo ’si bhagavan mayā



Translation 


O Krishna, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supr...View More

Slogam 18:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.18

vistareṇātmano yogaḿ

vibhūtiḿ ca janārdana

bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi

śṛṇvato nāsti me ’mṛtam



Translation 


O Janardana, again please describe in detail the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated in hearing about You, for the more I hear the...View More

Slogam 19:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.19

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi

divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ

prādhānyataḥ kuru-śreṣṭha

nāsty anto vistarasya me



Translation 


The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are ...View More

Slogam 20:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.20

aham ātmā guḍākeśa

sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ

aham ādiś ca madhyaḿ ca

bhūtānām anta eva ca



Translation 


I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.

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Slogam 21:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.21

ādityānām ahaḿ viṣṇur

jyotiṣāḿ ravir aḿśumān

marīcir marutām asmi

nakṣatrāṇām ahaḿ śaśī



Translation 


Of the Adityas I am Vishnu, of lights I am the radiant sun, of the Maruts I am Marici, and among the stars I am the moon.

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Slogam 22:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.22

vedānāḿ sāma-vedo ’smi

devānām asmi vāsavaḥ

indriyāṇāḿ manaś cāsmi

bhūtānām asmi cetanā



Translation 


Of the Vedas I am the Sama Veda; of the demigods I am Indra, the king of heaven; of the senses I am the mind; and in living beings I am the living for...View More

Slogam 23:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.23

rudrāṇāḿ śańkaraś cāsmi

vitteśo yakṣa-rakṣasām

vasūnāḿ pāvakaś cāsmi

meruḥ śikhariṇām aham



Translation 


Of all the Rudras I am Lord Shiva, of the Yakshas and Rakshasas I am the Lord of wealth [Kuvera], of the Vasus I am fire [Agni], and of mounta...View More

Slogam 24:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.24

purodhasāḿ ca mukhyaḿ māḿ

viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim

senānīnām ahaḿ skandaḥ

sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ



Translation


Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati. Of generals I am Kartikeya, and of bodies of water I am the ocean.

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Slogam 25:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.25

maharṣīṇāḿ bhṛgur ahaḿ

girām asmy ekam akṣaram

yajñānāḿ japa-yajño ’smi

sthāvarāṇāḿ himālayaḥ



Translation 


Of the great sages I am Bhrgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental om. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa], and ...View More

Slogam 26:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.26

aśvatthaḥ sarva-vṛkṣāṇāḿ

devarṣīṇāḿ ca nāradaḥ

gandharvāṇāḿ citrarathaḥ

siddhānāḿ kapilo muniḥ



Translation 


Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the sages among the demigods I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha, and among ...View More

Slogam 27:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.27

uccaiḥśravasam aśvānāḿ

viddhi mām amṛtodbhavam

airāvataḿ gajendrāṇāḿ

narāṇāḿ ca narādhipam



Translation 


Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsrava, produced during the churning of the ocean for nectar. Of lordly elephants I am Airavata, and among men I am...View More

Slogam 28:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.28

āyudhānām ahaḿ vajraḿ

dhenūnām asmi kāma-dhuk

prajanaś cāsmi kandarpaḥ

sarpāṇām asmi vāsukiḥ



Translation 


Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am the surabhi. Of causes for procreation I am Kandarpa, the god of love, and of serpents I am Vasuki....View More

Slogam 29:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.29

anantaś cāsmi nāgānāḿ

varuṇo yādasām aham

pitṝṇām aryamā cāsmi

yamaḥ saḿyamatām aham



Translation 


Of the many-hooded Nagas I am Ananta, and among the aquatics I am the demigod Varuna. Of departed ancestors I am Aryama, and among the dispensers of law I...View More

Slogam 30:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.30

prahlādaś cāsmi daityānāḿ

kālaḥ kalayatām aham

mṛgāṇāḿ ca mṛgendro ’haḿ

vainateyaś ca pakṣiṇām



Translation 


Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlada, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuda.

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Slogam 31:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.31

pavanaḥ pavatām asmi

rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham

jhaṣāṇāḿ makaraś cāsmi

srotasām asmi jāhnavī



Translation 


Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.

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Slogam 32:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.32

sargāṇām ādir antaś ca

madhyaḿ caivāham arjuna

adhyātma-vidyā vidyānāḿ

vādaḥ pravadatām aham



Translation 


Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logic...View More

Slogam 33:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.33

akṣarāṇām a-kāro ’smi

dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca

aham evākṣayaḥ kālo

dhātāhaḿ viśvato-mukhaḥ



Translation 


Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma.

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Slogam 34:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.34

mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham

udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām

kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāḿ

smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā



Translation 


I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, fine spee...View More

Slogam 35:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.35

b?hat-sama tatha samna?

gayatri chandasam aham

masana? marga-sir?o ’ham

?tuna? kusumakara?



Translation 


Of the hymns in the Sama Veda I am the Brihat-sama, and of poetry I am the Gayatri. Of months I am Margasirsa [November-December], and of seasons I am flower-bearing spr...View More

Slogam 36:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.36

dyūtaḿ chalayatām asmi

tejas tejasvinām aham

jayo ’smi vyavasāyo ’smi

sattvaḿ sattvavatām aham



Translation 


I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.

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Slogam 37:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.37

vṛṣṇīnāḿ vāsudevo ’smi

pāṇḍavānāḿ dhanañ-jayaḥ

munīnām apy ahaḿ vyāsaḥ

kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ



Translation 


Of the descendants of Vrishni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyasa, and among great thinkers I am ...View More

Slogam 38:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.38

daṇḍo damayatām asmi

nītir asmi jigīṣatām

maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ

jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham



Translation 


Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the w...View More

Slogam 39:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.39

yac cāpi sarva-bhūtānāḿ

bījaḿ tad aham arjuna

na tad asti vinā yat syān

mayā bhūtaḿ carācaram



Translation 


Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being—moving or nonmoving—that can exist without Me.

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Slogam 40:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.40

nānto ’sti mama divyānāḿ

vibhūtīnāḿ paran-tapa

eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto

vibhūter vistaro mayā



Translation 


O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences...View More

Slogam 41:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.41

yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaḿ

śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā

tat tad evāvagaccha tvaḿ

mama tejo-’ḿśa-sambhavam



Translation 


Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.

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Slogam 42:

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10.42

atha vā bahunaitena

kiḿ jñātena tavārjuna

viṣṭabhyāham idaḿ kṛtsnam

ekāḿśena sthito jagat



Translation 


But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.

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