CHAPTER
10: THE YOGA OF HIS OPULENCE
On His Identity
(1) The Supreme
Lord said: 'Again indeed, o mighty armed one, just hear My supreme
instruction about that which to you, who are so dear to Me, I say to
your
(1) The Supreme
Lord said: 'Again indeed, o mighty armed one, just hear My supreme
Instruction about that which to you, who are so dear to Me, I say to
your benefit.
(2) Nor the number
of theists, nor the great wise know My origin; I am certainly the
source of the godly and the great sages in all respect. (3) He who knows Me as the Unborn One without a
beginning and also knows Me as the great Lord of the world, is not
deluded among mortals and is delivered from all reactions to sin. (4-5) Intelligence, knowledge, composure,
forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and the mind,
happiness, sorrow, birth, death, fear and fearlessness also,
nonviolence, equilibrium, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and
infamy are the different aspects to the living being that are arranged
by Me. (6) From the mind
of the seven great sages before and the four Manus who also stem from
Me, all of the population born in this world has originated. (7) Anyone who factually knows that all this
opulence and unification of consciousness is also of Me, will be
undivided in his engagement of devotional service, of that there is no
doubt. (8) I am the
source of all, from Me everything emanates, thus knowing the
intelligent ones with love in their hearts become devoted to Me. (9) With the full of their minds and lives set
on Me, they enlighten oneother talking about Me constantly and derive
contentment and delight therefrom. (10) To those who are always engaged in the
loving ecstasy of devotional service I give that oneness of
intelligence by which they come to Me. (11) For them surely, to show special mercy, I,
situated in their hearts, dispel the darkness born from ignorance with
the shining light of knowledge.
(12-13) Arjuna
said: 'The supreme spirit, the supreme abode, the purest of the supreme
You are, the original personality, the transcendental Lord, the unborn
One and the greatest. Of You all the great sages among the godly like
Nârada and Asita, Devala and Vyâsa are speaking and indeed
You are now explaining it to me. (14) All this that You have told me, o Krishna, I
accept as the truth; surely is this revelation of Your Supreme Lordship
not known by the godly nor by the godless. (15) Surely You know Yourself personally by
Yourself, O greatest One and origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of
the gods and master of the Universe. (16) For You are the One to tell in detail about
the Divine of Your opulences by which, pervading all these worlds, You
remain. (17)
How can I know You, o Yoga, always think of You and in what and what
form are You to be remembered by me, o supreme Lord? (18) O killer of the atheists, what again is the
opulence of Your Yoga as I surely cannot hear enough of the description
of the nectar.
(19) The Supreme
Personality said: 'Yes, I will surely tell you about the divine of My
personal splendor the principal, o best of the Kurus, as there is no
limit to My extent. (20)
I am, o Arjuna, the soul in the heart of all living beings; I am the
origin also, the middle and as well indeed the end of all existing. (21) Of the Âdityas I am Vishnu, of all the
luminaries I am the radiant sun, Marîci of the Maruts I am and of
the divisions of the year I am the Moon. (22) Of the Vedas I am the Sâma-veda, of
the godly I am Indra, the king of heaven, of the senses I am the mind
and I am also the living force of all creatures. (23) Of all the Rudras I am S'iva; also I am
Vittes'a of the Yakshas and Râkshasas, of the Vasus I am fire and
of all the mountains I am mount Meru as well. (24) Know Me as the chief of all priests,
Brihaspati, o son of Prithâ, of all military commanders I am
Kârtikeya and of all bodies of water I am the ocean. (25) Of the great wise I am Bhrigu, of the spoken
I am the Pranava, of sacrifices I am japa and of the things
immovable I am the Himalayas. (26) Of the trees I am the As'vattha, of all seers among the godly I am
Nârada, of the celestial beings I am Cittaratha and of the
perfected ones I am Kapila Muni.
(27) Know Me as
Uccaihs'ravâ among the horses who came forth from the churning of
the ocean to get the nectar and as Airavata among the elephants; among
men I am the one at the top. (28) Of all weapons I am the thunderbolt, of the
cows I am the surabhi and I am Cupid, the cause of begetting children;
of the serpents I am Vâsuki. (29) Of the Nâgas I am Ananta, of all
aquatics I am Varuna, of the ancestors I am Aryamâ and of all the
regulators I am also Yama, the controller of death. (30) Of the Daityas I am Prahlâda, of what
rules I am the Time, of the animals the lion and of the birds I am
Garuda. (31)
Of all that purifies I am the wind, I am Râma of the armed ones,
of all fish I am the shark, and also am I of the flowing rivers the
Ganges.
(32) Of the
multitude I am the beginning, the end and the middle and also I am
surely, o Arjuna, the spiritual knowledge of all education and the
dialectic of all argumentation. (33) Of the letters I am the first one, of the
compound words I am the dual one and certainly am I the eternal of Time
and the Creator facing all directions. (34) I am as well the all-devouring death and
generation to that what is predestined and fame, beauty and fine speech
I am of woman as also memory, intelligence, firmness and patience. (35) Of the Sâma-veda-hymns I am the
Brihat-sâma, of all poetry I am the Gâyatrî, of the
months I am the one in Sagittarius and of all seasons I am the spring. (36) Of the fallacious I am the gambling, I am
the splendor of everything splendid, I am the victory of all adventure
and the strength of the strong I am. (37) Of the Vrishnis I am Vâsudeva, of the
Pândavas I am Arjuna, of the sages I am Vyâsa and of all
great thinkers I am Usanâ. (38) Of the means of suppression I am the clout,
I am the morality of those who seek victory, the silence I am of all
secrets, and of those concerned with knowing I am the knowledge.
(39) Of whatever
that of all the beings may exist I am the source, o Arjuna; nothing of
the moving and unmoving exists without Me. (40) There is no limit to My divine opulences, o
conqueror of the enemies, all this I spoke of is but an example of the
expanse of My wealth. (41)
Whatever of power that has existence and is of beauty and glory indeed,
all those you must certainly know as being born as a part of My
splendor. (42)
But what of your knowing the many of this, o Arjuna, by one part I am
in the position of pervading the entirety of this universe.'
Spoken by Anand Aadhar Prabhu
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