CHAPTER
10: THE YOGA OF HIS OPULENCE
On His
Identity
(1)
The Supreme Lord said: 'Again indeed, o mighty armed one,
just hear My supreme instruction about that which to you,
who are so dear to Me, I say to your
(1)
The Supreme Lord said: 'Again indeed, o mighty armed one,
just hear My supreme Instruction about that which to you,
who are so dear to Me, I say to your benefit.
(2)
Nor the number of theists, nor the great wise know My
origin; I am certainly the source of the godly and the
great sages in all respect. (3)
He who knows Me as the Unborn One without a beginning and
also knows Me as the great Lord of the world, is not
deluded among mortals and is delivered from all reactions
to sin. (4-5)
Intelligence, knowledge, composure, forgiveness,
truthfulness, control over the senses and the mind,
happiness, sorrow, birth, death, fear and fearlessness
also, nonviolence, equilibrium, contentment, austerity,
charity, fame and infamy are the different aspects to the
living being that are arranged by Me. (6)
From the mind of the seven great sages before and the
four Manus who also stem from Me, all of the population
born in this world has originated. (7)
Anyone who factually knows that all this opulence and
unification of consciousness is also of Me, will be
undivided in his engagement of devotional service, of
that there is no doubt. (8)
I am the source of all, from Me everything emanates, thus
knowing the intelligent ones with love in their hearts
become devoted to Me. (9)
With the full of their minds and lives set on Me, they
enlighten oneother talking about Me constantly and derive
contentment and delight therefrom. (10)
To those who are always engaged in the loving ecstasy of
devotional service I give that oneness of intelligence by
which they come to Me. (11)
For them surely, to show special mercy, I, situated in
their hearts, dispel the darkness born from ignorance
with the shining light of knowledge.
(12-13)
Arjuna said: 'The supreme spirit, the supreme abode, the
purest of the supreme You are, the original personality,
the transcendental Lord, the unborn One and the greatest.
Of You all the great sages among the godly like
Nârada and Asita, Devala and Vyâsa are
speaking and indeed You are now explaining it to me.
(14)
All this that You have told me, o Krishna, I accept as
the truth; surely is this revelation of Your Supreme
Lordship not known by the godly nor by the godless.
(15)
Surely You know Yourself personally by Yourself, O
greatest One and origin of all, Lord of all beings, God
of the gods and master of the Universe. (16)
For You are the One to tell in detail about the Divine of
Your opulences by which, pervading all these worlds, You
remain. (17)
How can I know You, o Yoga, always think of You and in
what and what form are You to be remembered by me, o
supreme Lord? (18)
O killer of the atheists, what again is the opulence of
Your Yoga as I surely cannot hear enough of the
description of the nectar.
(19)
The Supreme Personality said: 'Yes, I will surely tell
you about the divine of My personal splendor the
principal, o best of the Kurus, as there is no limit to
My extent. (20)
I am, o Arjuna, the soul in the heart of all living
beings; I am the origin also, the middle and as well
indeed the end of all existing. (21)
Of the Âdityas I am Vishnu, of all the luminaries I
am the radiant sun, Marîci of the Maruts I am and
of the divisions of the year I am the Moon.
(22)
Of the Vedas I am the Sâma-veda, of the godly I am
Indra, the king of heaven, of the senses I am the mind
and I am also the living force of all creatures.
(23)
Of all the Rudras I am S'iva; also am I Vittes'a of the
Yakshas and Râkshasas, of the Vasus I am fire and
of all the mountains I am mount Meru as well.
(24)
Know Me as the chief of all priests, Brihaspati, o son of
Prithâ, of all military commanders I am
Kârtikeya and of all bodies of water I am the
ocean. (25)
Of the great wise I am Bhrighu, of the spoken I am the
Pranava, of sacrifices I am japa and of the things
immovable I am the Himalayas. (26)
Of the trees I am the as'vattha, of all seers among the
godly I am Nârada, of the celestial beings I am
Cittaratha and of the perfected ones I am Kapila Muni.
(27)
Know Me as Uccaihs'ravâ among the horses who came
forth from the churning of the ocean to get the nectar
and as Airavata among the elephants; among men I am the
one at the top. (28)
Of all weapons I am the thunderbolt, of the cows I am the
surabhi and I am Cupid, the cause of begetting children;
of the serpents I am Vâsuki. (29)
Of the Nâgas I am Ananta, of all aquatics I am
Varuna, of the ancestors I am Aryamâ and of all the
regulators I am also Yama, the controller of death.
(30)
Of the Daityas I am Prahlâda, of what rules I am
the Time, of the animals the lion and of the birds I am
Garuda. (31)
Of all that purifies I am the wind, I am Râma of
the armed ones, of all fish I am the shark, and also am I
of the flowing rivers the Ganges.
(32)
Of the multitude I am the beginning, the end and the
middle and also I am surely, o Arjuna, the spiritual
knowledge of all education and the dialectic of all
argumentation. (33)
Of the letters I am the first one, of the compound words
I am the dual one and certainly am I the eternal of Time
and the Creator facing all directions. (34)
I am as well the all-devouring death and generation to
that what is predestined and fame, beauty and fine speech
I am of woman as also memory, intelligence, firmness and
patience. (35)
Of the Sâma-veda-hymns I am the Brihat-sâma,
of all poetry I am the Gâyatrî, of the months
I am the one in Sagittarius and of all seasons I am the
spring. (36)
Of the fallacious I am the gambling, I am the splendor of
everything splendid, I am the victory of all adventure
and the strength of the strong I am. (37)
Of the Vrishnis I am Vâsudeva, of the
Pândavas I am Arjuna, of the sages I am Vyâsa
and of all great thinkers I am Usanâ.
(38)
Of the means of suppression I am the clout, I am the
morality of those who seek victory, the silence I am of
all secrets, and of those concerned with knowing I am the
knowledge.
(39)
Of whatever that of all the beings may exist I am the
source, o Arjuna; nothing of the moving and unmoving
exists without Me. (40)
There is no limit to my divine opulences, o conqueror of
the enemies, all this I spoke of is but an example of the
expanse of My wealth. (41)
Whatever of power that has existence and is of beauty and
glory indeed, all those you must certainly know as being
born as a part of My splendor. (42)
But what of your knowing the many of this, o Arjuna, by
one part I am in the position of pervading the entirety
of this universe.
Spoken
by Anand Aadhar Prabhu
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