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श्रीभगवानुवाच |
भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः |
यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया ||१०-१||
Transliteration
śrībhagavānuvāca .
bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ .
yatte.ahaṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā ||10-1||
Meaning
10.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Now, O Prince! Listen to My supreme advice, which I give thee for the sake of thy welfare, for thou art My beloved.
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न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः |
अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः ||१०-२||
Transliteration
na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ .
ahamādirhi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||10-2||
Meaning
10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all.
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यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् |
असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ||१०-३||
Transliteration
yo māmajamanādiṃ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram .
asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||10-3||
Meaning
10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusion, becomes free from all conceivable sin.
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बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः |
सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च ||१०-४||
Transliteration
buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ .
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavo.abhāvo bhayaṃ cābhayameva ca ||10-4||
Meaning
10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;
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अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः |
भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ||१०-५||
Transliteration
ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṃ yaśo.ayaśaḥ .
bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṃ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ ||10-5||
Meaning
10.5 Harmlessness, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame and failure, all these, the characteristics of beings, spring from Me only.
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महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा |
मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ||१०-६||
Transliteration
maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā .
madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ ||10-6||
Meaning
10.6 The seven Great Seers,* the Progenitors of mankind, the Ancient Four,** and the Lawgivers were born of My Will and come forth direct from Me. The race of mankind has sprung from them. [* Mareechi, Atri, Angira, Pulah, Kratu, Pulastya, Vahishta. ** The Masters: Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatan, Sanatkumar.]
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एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः |
सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ||१०-७||
Transliteration
etāṃ vibhūtiṃ yogaṃ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ .
so.avikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||10-7||
Meaning
10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace.
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अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते |
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ||१०-८||
Transliteration
ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate .
iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ ||10-8||
Meaning
10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion.
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Sloka 9
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् |
कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ||१०-९||
Transliteration
maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam .
kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca ||10-9||
Meaning
10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, they ever feel content and happy.
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Sloka 10
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् |
ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ||१०-१०||
Transliteration
teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam .
dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupayānti te ||10-10||
Meaning
10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me.
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Sloka 11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः |
नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ||१०-११||
Transliteration
teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ .
nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā ||10-11||
Meaning
10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts; and I dispel the darkness of ignorance by the shining light of wisdom.
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Sloka 12
अर्जुन उवाच |
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् |
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ||१०-१२||
Transliteration
arjuna uvāca .
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān .
puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyamādidevamajaṃ vibhum ||10-12||
Meaning
10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent.
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आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा |
असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ||१०-१३||
Transliteration
āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣirnāradastathā .
asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me ||10-13||
Meaning
10.13 So have said the seers and the divine sage Narada; as well as Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and Thou Thyself also sayest it.
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सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव |
न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः ||१०-१४||
Transliteration
sarvametadṛtaṃ manye yanmāṃ vadasi keśava .
na hi te bhagavanvyaktiṃ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ ||10-14||
Meaning
10.14 I believe in what Thou hast said, my Lord! For neither the godly not the godless comprehend Thy manifestation.
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Sloka 15
स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम |
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ||१०-१५||
Transliteration
svayamevātmanātmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama .
bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate ||10-15||
Meaning
Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka
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Sloka 16
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः |
याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ||१०-१६||
Transliteration
vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ .
yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi ||10-16||
Meaning
10.16 Please tell me all about Thy glorious manifestations, by means of which Thou pervadest the world.
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Sloka 17
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् |
केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ||१०-१७||
Transliteration
kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan .
keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo.asi bhagavanmayā ||10-17||
Meaning
10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?
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विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन |
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ||१०-१८||
Transliteration
vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana .
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me.amṛtam ||10-18||
Meaning
10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words.
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Sloka 19
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः |
प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ||१०-१९||
Transliteration
śrībhagavānuvāca .
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ .
prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me ||10-19||
Meaning
10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the chief aspects of My glory. Of its full extent there is no end.
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Sloka 20
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः |
अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ||१०-२०||
Transliteration
ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ .
ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca ||10-20||
Meaning
10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all.
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आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् |
मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ||१०-२१||
Transliteration
ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumān .
marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ śaśī ||10-21||
Meaning
10.21 Of all the creative Powers I am the Creator, of luminaries the Sun; the Whirlwind among the winds, and the Moon among planets.
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वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः |
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ||१०-२२||
Transliteration
vedānāṃ sāmavedo.asmi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ .
indriyāṇāṃ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā ||10-22||
Meaning
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.
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रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् |
वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ||१०-२३||
Transliteration
rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām .
vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham ||10-23||
Meaning
10.23 Among Forces of Vitality I am the life, I am Mammon to the heathen and the godless; I am the Energy in fire, earth, wind, sky, heaven, sun, moon and planets; and among mountains am the Mount Meru.
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पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् |
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ||१०-२४||
Transliteration
purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim .
senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ ||10-24||
Meaning
10.24 Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the Apostle Brihaspati; of generals I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters I am the Ocean.
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महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् |
यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ||१०-२५||
Transliteration
maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛgurahaṃ girāmasmyekamakṣaram .
yajñānāṃ japayajño.asmi sthāvarāṇāṃ himālayaḥ ||10-25||
Meaning
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.
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Sloka 26
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः |
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ||१०-२६||
Transliteration
aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ .
gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṃ kapilo muniḥ ||10-26||
Meaning
10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I am Chitraratha, their Leader, and of sages I am Kapila.
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उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् |
ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ||१०-२७||
Transliteration
uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam .
airāvataṃ gajendrāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca narādhipam ||10-27||
Meaning
10.27 Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the White one, and I am the Ruler among men.
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आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् |
प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ||१०-२८||
Transliteration
āyudhānāmahaṃ vajraṃ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk .
prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ ||10-28||
Meaning
10.28 I am the Thunderbolt among weapons; of cows I am the Cow of Plenty, I am Passion in those who procreate, and I am the Cobra among serpents.
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अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् |
पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ||१०-२९||
Transliteration
anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham .
pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham ||10-29||
Meaning
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.
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प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् |
मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ||१०-३०||
Transliteration
prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṃ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham .
mṛgāṇāṃ ca mṛgendro.ahaṃ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām ||10-30||
Meaning
10.30 And I am the devotee Prahlad among the heathen; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am the Lion among beasts and the Eagle among birds.
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Sloka 31
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् |
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ||१०-३१||
Transliteration
pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham .
jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī ||10-31||
Meaning
10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers.
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Sloka 32
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन |
अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ||१०-३२||
Transliteration
sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṃ caivāhamarjuna .
adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham ||10-32||
Meaning
10.32 I am the Beginning, the Middle and the End in creation; among sciences, I am the science of Spirituality; I am the Discussion among disputants.
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अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च |
अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ||१०-३३||
Transliteration
akṣarāṇāmakāro.asmi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca .
ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ ||10-33||
Meaning
10.33 Of letters I am A; I am the copulative in compound words; I am Time inexhaustible; and I am the all-pervading Preserver.
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Sloka 34
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् |
कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ||१०-३४||
Transliteration
mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām .
kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṃ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā ||10-34||
Meaning
10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness.
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Sloka 35
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् |
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ||१०-३५||
Transliteration
bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham .
māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo.ahamṛtūnāṃ kusumākaraḥ ||10-35||
Meaning
10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons.
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Sloka 36
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् |
जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ||१०-३६||
Transliteration
dyūtaṃ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham .
jayo.asmi vyavasāyo.asmi sattvaṃ sattvavatāmaham ||10-36||
Meaning
10.36 I am the Gambling of the cheat and the Splendour of the splendid; I am Victory; I am Effort; and I am the Purity of the pure.
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Sloka 37
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः |
मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ||१०-३७||
Transliteration
vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo.asmi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ .
munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ ||10-37||
Meaning
10.37 I am Shri Krishna among the Vishnu-clan and Arjuna among the Pandavas; of the saints I am Vyasa, and I am Shukracharya among the sages.
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Sloka 38
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् |
मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ||१०-३८||
Transliteration
daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām .
maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham ||10-38||
Meaning
10.38 I am the Sceptre of rulers, the Strategy of the conquerors, the Silence of mystery, the Wisdom of the wise.
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Sloka 39
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन |
न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ||१०-३९||
Transliteration
yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tadahamarjuna .
na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṃ carācaram ||10-39||
Meaning
10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me.
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Sloka 40
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप |
एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ||१०-४०||
Transliteration
nānto.asti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ parantapa .
eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā ||10-40||
Meaning
10.40 O Arjuna! The aspects of My divine life are endless. I have mentioned but a few by way of illustration.
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Sloka 41
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा |
तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम् ||१०-४१||
Transliteration
yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā .
tattadevāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejoṃśasambhavam ||10-41||
Meaning
10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour.
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Sloka 42
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन |
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ||१०-४२||
Transliteration
athavā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna .
viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat ||10-42||
Meaning
10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with only small part of Myself."
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