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b?hat-sama tatha samna? gayatri chandasam aham masana? marga-sir?o ’ham ?tuna? kusumakara? Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.35 Of the hymns in the Sama Veda I am the Brihat-sama, and of poetry I am the Gayatri. Of months I am...

dyūtaḿ chalayatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham jayo ’smi vyavasāyo ’smi sattvaḿ sattvavatām aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.36 I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am...

vṛṣṇīnāḿ vāsudevo ’smi pāṇḍavānāḿ dhanañ-jayaḥ munīnām apy ahaḿ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.37 Of the descendants of Vrishni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I...

daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣatām maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.38 Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am...

yac cāpi sarva-bhūtānāḿ bījaḿ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaḿ carācaram Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.39 Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being—moving or...

nānto ’sti mama divyānāḿ vibhūtīnāḿ paran-tapa eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūter vistaro mayā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.40 O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to...

yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaḿ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaḿ mama tejo-’ḿśa-sambhavam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.41 Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My...

atha vā bahunaitena kiḿ jñātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyāham idaḿ kṛtsnam ekāḿśena sthito jagat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.42 But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself...

arjuna uvāca mad-anugrahāya paramaḿ guhyam adhyātma-saḿjñitam yat tvayoktaḿ vacas tena moho ’yaḿ vigato mama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.1 Arjuna said: By my hearing the instructions You have kindly given me about these...

bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāḿ śrutau vistaraśo mayā tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣa māhātmyam api cāvyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 11.2 O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from You in detail about the appearance and disappearance of every...