Chapter 10: Divine Glories

विभूतियोग · 42 verses. 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.

1. 10.1 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. 10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source from which they all originate.
3. 10.3 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. 10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, and fearlessness;
5. 10.5 Harmlessness, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and failure—all these characteristics of beings spring from Me alone.
6. 10.6 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.
7. 10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My creative power attains perfect peace without a doubt.
8. 10.8 I am the source of all; from me everything flows. Therefore, the wise worship me with an unchanging devotion.
9. 10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening one another, they ever feel content and happy.
10. 10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination that leads them to Me.
11. 10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts, and I dispel the darkness of ignorance with the shining light of wisdom.
12. 10.12 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. 10.13 So have said the seers, the divine sage Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it.
14. 10.14 I believe in what You have said, my Lord! For neither the godly nor the godless comprehend Your manifestation.
15. 10.15 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. 10.16 Please tell me about all of Your glorious manifestations, through which You pervade the world.
17. 10.17 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. 10.18 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. 10.19 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. 10.20 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. 10.21 Of all the creative powers, I am the Creator; of luminaries, the Sun; of winds, the Whirlwind; and of planets, the Moon.
22. 10.22 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. 10.23 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…
24. 10.24 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. 10.25 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. 10.26 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. 10.27 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. 10.28 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. 10.29 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. 10.30 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. 10.31 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. 10.32 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. 10.33 Of letters, I am A; I am the copulative in compound words; I am inexhaustible Time; and I am the all-pervading Preserver.
34. 10.34 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. 10.35 Of hymns, I am Brihatsama; of meters, I am Garatri; among months, I am Margasheersha; and I am Spring among seasons.
36. 10.36 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. 10.37 I am Shri Krishna among the Vishnu-clan, Arjuna among the Pandavas, Vyasa among the saints, and Shukracharya among the sages.
38. 10.38 I am the scepter of rulers, the strategy of conquerors, the silence of mystery, and the wisdom of the wise.
39. 10.39 I am the seed of all beings, O Arjuna! No creature, moving or unmoving, can live without Me.
40. 10.40 O Arjuna! The aspects of My divine life are endless; I have mentioned only a few as an example.
41. 10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful, and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendor.
42. 10.42 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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