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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10
Vibhuti Yoga
The Yoga of Divine Glories
Where can the Divine be seen? In whatever is best of every kind — the Himalaya among mountains, the Ganga among rivers, the lion among beasts. Chapter 10 trains the eye to find one splendour wearing ten thousand uniforms.
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Gita 10.1-3bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | yatte'haṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakā…The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty-armed one, hear My supreme word, which I declare to you who delight in it, desiri…Gita 10.4-5buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavo'bhāvo bha…Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from delusion, forbearance, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure and pain, birth a…Gita 10.6-7maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā | madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka im…The seven great sages of old, and the four Manus, endowed with My nature, were born of My mind; from them came these cre…Gita 10.8ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate | iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā b…I am the source of all; from Me everything proceeds. Knowing this, the wise worship Me, endowed with conviction.Gita 10.9maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam | kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti…With minds fixed on Me, with lives surrendered to Me, enlightening one another and ever conversing of Me, they are conte…Gita 10.10teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam | dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupa…To those ever harmonised, worshipping Me with love, I give the yoga of understanding by which they come to Me.Gita 10.11teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ | nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhās…Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their self, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the shining lamp of k…Gita 10.12-15paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān | puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyamādidev…Arjuna said: You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, the eternal divine Spirit, the primal…Gita 10.16-18vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ | yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyā…Please describe without reserve Your divine glories, by which glories You pervade and abide in these worlds. How may I k…Gita 10.19hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ | prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyant…The Blessed Lord said: Listen, I shall declare to you My divine glories, those that are prominent, O best of Kurus; for …Gita 10.20ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva…I am the Self, O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all …Gita 10.21-25ādityānāmahaṃ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṃ raviraṃśumān | marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṃ ś…Of the Adityas I am Vishnu; of lights, the radiant sun; of the Maruts I am Marichi; among stars I am the moon. Of the Ve…Gita 10.26-30aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ ca nāradaḥ | gandharvāṇāṃ citrarathaḥ siddhān…Of all trees I am the ashvattha; of divine sages, Narada; of gandharvas, Chitraratha; of the perfected, the sage Kapila.…Gita 10.31-34pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham | jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi …Of purifiers I am the wind; of warriors I am Rama; of fishes I am the shark; of rivers I am the Ganga. Of creations I am…Gita 10.35-38bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṃ gāyatrī chandasāmaham | māsānāṃ mārgaśīrṣo'hamṛtūnāṃ kusu…Of hymns I am the Brihatsaman; of metres, the Gayatri; of months I am Margashirsha; of seasons, the flower-bearing sprin…Gita 10.39yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tadahamarjuna | na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṃ c…And whatever is the seed of all beings, that am I, O Arjuna; there is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist witho…Gita 10.40nānto'sti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ parantapa | eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervis…There is no end to My divine glories, O scorcher of foes; this has been declared by Me as a mere indication of the exten…Gita 10.41yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā | tattadevāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejoṃ'…Whatever being is glorious, prosperous, or powerful, know that to have sprung from but a fragment of My splendour.Gita 10.42athavā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna | viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthi…But what need have you of this detailed knowledge, O Arjuna? I stand sustaining this whole universe with a single fragme…
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