śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty-armed, listen to My Supreme word; which I, wishing our welfare, will declare to you, who delight in hearing me.

Neither the hosts of heaven, nor great RISHIS know My origin; for, in every way, I am the source of all the DEVAS and the RISHIS.

He who amongst the mortals, knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, is undeluded and is liberated from all sins.

Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, birth or death, fear and also fearlessness,...

Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, infamy --- all these different kinds of qualities-of-beings arise from Me alone.

The seven great RISHIS, the ancient four and also the MANUS, possessed of powers like Me, were born of (My) mind; from them are these creatures in the world (originated and sustained).

He, who in truth knows these manifold manifestations of My being (Macrocosm), and (this) YOGA -power of Mine (Microcosm), becomes established in the tremorless -YOGA; there is no doubt about it.

I am the Source of All; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise endowed with loving consciousness worship Me.

With their minds wholly resting in Me, with their senses absorbed in Me, enlightening one another, and ever speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted.

To the ever-steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the BUDDHI YOGA by which they come to Me.

Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the luminous Lamp-of-Knowledge.

Arjuna said: You are the Supreme BRAHMAN, the Supreme Abode, the Supreme Purifier, Eternal, Divine PURUSHA, the God of all gods, Unborn, Omnipresent.

All the RISHIS have thus declared You, as also the DEVA-RISHI Narada, so also Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and now the same You Yourself say to me.

I believe all this that You say to me as true, O Keshava; verily, O Blessed Lord, neither the DEVAS nor the DANAVAS know Your manifestation (identity).

Verily, You Yourself know Yourself by Yourself, O PURUSHOTTAMA (Supreme PURUSHA), O Source of beings, O Lord of beings, O God of gods, O Ruler of the world.

You should indeed, without reserve, tell me of Your Divine glories by which You exist pervading all these worlds.

How shall I, ever-meditating, know You, O YOGIN? In what aspects or things, O Blessed Lord, are You to be thought of by me?

Tell me again, in detail, O Janardana, of your YOGA -power and Immanent glory; for I do not feel satisfied by hearing your (life-giving and so) nectar-like speech.

The Blessed Lord said: Alas! Now I will declare to you My Divine glories, immanent, in their prominence; O best of the Kurus, there is no end to the details of My extent.

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 beings.

Among the (twelve) ADITYAS I am Vishnu; among luminaries, the radiant Sun; I am Marichi among the MARUTS; among asterisms, the moon am I.

Among the VEDAS, I am the SAMA-VEDA; I am VASAVA among the gods; among the senses I am the mind; and I am the intelligence among living beings.

And among the RUDRAS I am Shankara; among the YAKSHAS and RAKSHASAS I am the Lord of wealth (KUBERA); among the VASUS I am PAVAKA (AGNI); and among the mountains I am the MERU.

And among the household priests, O Partha, know Me to be the chief, BRIHASPATI; among generals, I am SKANDA; among lakes, I am the ocean.

Among the great RISHIS I am Bhrigu; among words I am the one-syllabled OM; among sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetition (JAPA-YAJNA); among immovable things the Himalayas.

Among all trees (I am) the ASHWATTHA -tree; among Divine RISHIS, Narada; among GANDHARVAS, Chitraratha; among Perfected ones, the MUNI Kapila.

Know Me among horses as UCCHAHI-SHRAVAS, born of AMRITA; among lordly elephants, the AIRAVATA and among men, the King.

Among weapons, I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am KAMADHUK; I am KANDARPA, the cause for offspring; among serpents I am VASUKI.

I am ANANTA among NAGAS; I am VARUNA among water deities; I am ARYAMA among the ancestors; and I am YAMA among controllers.

I am Prahlada among DAITYAS, Time among reckoners, the Lord-of-beasts (Lion) among animals, and Vainateya (Garuda) among birds.

Among purifiers, I am the wind; among warriors, I am Rama, among fishes, I am the shark; among rivers, I am the Ganges.

Among creations, I am the beginning, the middle and also the end, O Arjuna; among sciences I am the Science of the Self and I am the logic in all arguments.

Among letters I am the letter 'A'; among all compounds I am the dual (co-ordinates); I am verily, the inexhaustible, or the everlasting time; I am the (All-faced) dispenser (of fruits of actions) having faces in all directions.

And I am all-devouring Death, and the prosperity of those who are to be prosperous; among the feminine qualities (I am) fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, firmness and forgiveness.

Among hymns also I am the BRIHAT-SAMAN; among metres GAYATRI am I; among months I am parts of December-January (MARGA-SHIRSHA); among seasons I am the flowery-spring.

I am the gambling of the fraudulent; I am the splendour of the splendid; I am victory; I am the industry (in those who are determined); I am the goodness in

Among the VRISHNIS I am VAASUDEVA; among the PANDAVAS, (I am) DHANANJAYA; also among the MUNIS I am VYASA; and among the poets I am USHANA, the great Seer.

Among punishers I am the Sceptre; among those who seek victory, I am Statesmanship; and also among secrets, I am Silence; and I am the Knowledge among knowers.

And whatsoever is the seed of all beings, that also am I, O Arjuna; there is no being, whether moving, or unmoving, that can exist without Me.

There is no end to My Divine Glories, O Parantapa; but, this is but a brief statement by Me of the particulars of My Divine Glories.

Whatever it is that is glorious, prosperous or powerful in any being, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendour.

But, of what avail to thee is the knowledge of all these details, O Arjuna? I exist, supporting this whole world by one part of Myself. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the tenth discourse entitled "The Yoga of Divine Glories."