BHAGVAD GITA CHAPTER-10

BHAGVAD GITA

Chapter 10: Expansion of the Absolute

Lord Krishna said: O Arjuna, listen again to My supreme word that I shall speak to you for your welfare because you are very dear to Me. (10.01)

Neither the Devas nor the great sages know My origin, because I am the origin of all Devas and sages also. (10.02)

One who knows Me as the unborn, the beginningless, and the Supreme Lord of the universe, is considered wise among the mortals, and gets liberation from the bondage of Karma. (10.03)

Intellect, knowledge, clarity, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the mind and senses, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness; (10.04).

Nonviolence, impartiality, contentment, sense-control, charity, fame, and ill fame; all these diverse qualities in human beings arise from Me alone. (10.05)

The seven great sages and four ancient Manus. from whom all these creatures of the world were born. originated from My potential energy. (10.06)

One who truly understands My expansion and yogic powers, is certainly united with Me by firm devotion. (10.07)

I am the origin of all. Everything comes out from Me. Understanding this, the wise ones worship Me with love and devotion. (10.08)

My devotees remain ever satisfied and happy. Their minds remain absorbed in My thoughts, They gladly accept My will, and always discuss about Me. (10.09)

I give contemplative power. to those who are ever united with Me and lovingly adore Me. by which they come to Me. (10.10)

I destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the shining lamp of Self-knowledge out of compassion for them. (10.11)

Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme shelter, the supreme purifier, the eternal divine spirit, the ancient god, the unborn, and the omnipresent. (10.12)

All saint and sages, including Yourself, have thus described You. (10.13)

O Krishna, I believe all that You have told Me to be true. O Lord, neither the Devas nor the demons fully understand Your power and expansions. (10.14)

O Creator and Lord of all beings, God of all gods, Supreme person and Lord of the universe, You alone know Yourself. Nobody can know You, the Source, fully. (10.15)

Therefore, You alone are able to fully describe Your own divine expansions by which You exist pervading the entire universe. (10.16)

How may I know You by constant meditation and contemplation? In what form of expansion are You to be thought of by me, O Lord? (10.17)

O Lord, explain to me again in detail, Your yogic power and glory; because, I am not fully satisfied by hearing Your sweet words. (10.18)

Lord Krishna said: O Arjuna, now I shall explain to you My major divine expansions, because My expansions are endless. (10.19)

O Arjuna, I am the Atma abiding in the heart of all beings. I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings. (10.20)

I am Vishnu among the twelve sons of Aditi, I am the light of the bright sun, I am Marici among the gods of wind, I am the moon among the stars. (10.21)

I am the Sama Veda among the Vedas; I am Indra among the Devas; I am the mind among the senses and the consciousness in living beings. (10.22)

I am Shiva among the Rudras; Kubera among the Yakshas and demons; I am the fire among the Vasus; and I am Meru among the mountain peaks. (10.23)

I am the chief priest Brihaspati. Among the army generals, I am Skanda; I am the ocean among the bodies of water. (10.24)

I am Bhrigu among the great sages; I am the monosyllable OM among the words; I am Japa among the Yajna; and I am the Himalaya among the mountains. (10.25)

I am the Peepal tree among the trees, Narada among the sages, Chitraratha among the Gandharvas, and sage Kapila among the Siddhas. (10.26)

Know Me as Uchchaihshrava, born at the time of churning the ocean for getting the nectar, among the horses; Airavata among the elephants; and the King among men. (10.27)

I am thunderbolt among the weapons, Kamadhenu among the cows, and the cupid for procreation. Among the serpents, I am Vasuki. (10.28)

I am Sheshanaga among the Nagas, I am Varuna among the water gods, and Aryama among the manes. I am Yama among the controllers. (10.29)

I am Prahlada among devotees, time or death among the healers, lion among the beasts, and the Garuda among birds. (10.30)

I am the wind among the purifiers, and Lord Rama among the warriors. I am the shark among the fishes, and the Ganga among the rivers. (10.31)

I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of the creation, O Arjuna. Among the knowledge I am knowledge of the supreme Self. I am logic of the logician. (10.32)

I am the letter ‘A’ among the alphabets, among the compound words I am the dual compound, I am the endless time, I am the creator, sustainer and destroyer of all, and I am all knowing. (10.33)

I am the all-devouring death, and also the origin of future beings. I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intellect, willpower, and forgiveness. (10.34)

I am Brihatsama among the Vedic hymns. I am Gayatri among the mantras, I am Margsirsha  among the months, I am the spring among the seasons. (10.35)

I am the brilliance of the brilliant and fraud of the gambler; I am victory of the victorious; I am resolution of the resolute; I am the goodness of the good. (10.36)

I am Krishna among the Vrishni family, Arjuna among the Pandavas, Vyasa among the sages, and Ushana among the poets. (10.37)

I am the power of rulers, the diplomacy of the seekers of victory, I am silence among the secrets, and the Self-knowledge of the wise. (10.38)

I am the origin of all beings, O Arjuna. There is nothing, living or non-living, that can exist without Me. (10.39)

There is no end of My divine expansions, O Arjuna. This is only a brief description of My prominent divine expansions. (10.40)

Whatever is endowed with glory, brilliance, and power; know that to be an expansion of a fraction of My power. (10.41)

What is the need for this detailed knowledge, O Arjuna? I continually support the entire universe by a small fraction of My divine power. (10.42)