Chapter 10: Divine Glories
विभूतियोग
Krishna names the many forms of his glory. Whatever is excellent, beautiful or powerful is a spark of his splendour.
Verse 10.1The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty-armed, hear thou My supreme word, that, desiring thy welfare, I will declare to thee who art beloved.Verse 10.2The multitude of the Shining Ones, or the great Rishis, know not my forthcoming, for I am the beginning of all the Shining Ones and the great Rishis.Verse 10.3He who knoweth Me, unborn, beginningless, the great Lord of the world, he among mortals without delusion, is liberated from all sin.Verse 10.4Reason, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure, pain, existence, non-existence, fear, and also courageVerse 10.5Harmlessness, equanimity, content, austerity, almsgiving, fame and obloquy are the various characteristics of beings issuing from Me.Verse 10.6The seven great Rishis, the ancient Four, and also the Manus, were born of My nature, and mind; of them this race was generated.Verse 10.7He who knows in essence that sovereignty and yoga of Mine, he is harmonised by unfaltering yoga; there is no doubt thereof.Verse 10.8I am the Generator of all; all evolves from Me; understanding thus, the wise adore Me in rapt emotion.Verse 10.9Mindful of Me, their life hidden in Me, illumining each other, ever conversing about Me, they are content and joyful.Verse 10.10To these, ever harmonious, worshipping in love, I give the yoga of discrimination by which they come unto Me.Verse 10.11Out of pure compassion for them, dwelling within their Self, I destroy the ignorance-born darkness by the shining lamp of wisdom.Verse 10.12Arjuna said: Thou art the supreme Eternal, the supreme Abode, the supreme Purity, eternal divine man, primeval Deity, unborn, the Lord!Verse 10.13All the Rishis have thus acclaimed Thee, as also the divine Rishi, Nârada; so Asita, Devala, and Vyâsa; and now Thou Thyself tellest it me.Verse 10.14All this I believe true that Thou sayest to me, O Keshava. Thy manifestation, O Blessed Lord, neither Shining Ones nor Dânavas comprehend.Verse 10.15Thyself indeed knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Purushottama; Source of beings, Lord of beings, Shining One of Shining Ones, Ruler of the world!Verse 10.16Deign to tell without reserve of Thine own divine glories, by which glories Thou remainest, pervading these worlds.Verse 10.17How may I know thee, O Yogi, by constant meditation? In what, in what aspects art Thou to be thought of by me, O blessed Lord?Verse 10.18In detail tell me again of Thy yoga and glory, O Janardana; for me there is never satiety in hearing thy life-giving words.Verse 10.19The Blessed Lord said: Blessed be thou! I will declare to thee My divine glory by its chief characteristics, O best of the Kurus; there is no end to details of Me.Verse 10.20I, O Gudakesha, am the Self, seated in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all beings.Verse 10.21Of the Adityas I am Vishnu; of radiances the glorious sun; I am Marîchi of the Maruts; of the asterisms the Moon am I.Verse 10.22Of the Vedas I am the Sâma-Veda; I am Vâsava of the Shining Ones; and of the senses I am the mind; I am of living beings the intelligence.Verse 10.23And of the Rudras Shañkara am I; Vittesha of the Yakshas and Râkshasas; and of the Vasus I am Pâvaka; Meru of high mountains am I.Verse 10.24And know Me, O Pârtha, of household priests the chief, Brihaspati: of generals I am Skanda; of lakes I am the ocean.Verse 10.25Of the great Rishis Bhṛigu; of speech I am the one syllable; of sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetitions; of immovable things the Himâlaya.Verse 10.26Asvattha of all tree; and of divine Rishis Nârada; of Gandharvas Chitraratha; of the perfected the Muni Kapila.Verse 10.27Uchchaishravas of horses know me, nectar-born; Airâvata of lordly elephants, and of men the Monarch.Verse 10.28Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; of cows I am Kâmadhuk; I am Kandarpa of the progenitors; of serpents Vâsuki am I.Verse 10.29And I am Ananta of Nâgas, Varuna of sea-dwellers I; and of ancestors Aryaman; Yama of governors am I.Verse 10.30And I am Prahlâda of Daityas; of calculators Time am I; and of wild beasts I the imperial beast; and Vainateya of birds.Verse 10.31Of purifiers I am the wind; Rama of warriors I; and I am Makara of fishes; of streams the Ganga am I.Verse 10.32Of creations the beginning and the ending, and also the middle am I, O Arjuna. Of sciences the science concerning the Self; the speech of orators I.Verse 10.33Of letters the letter A I am, and the duality of a compound; I also everlasting Time; I the Supporter, whose face turns everywhere.Verse 10.34And all-devouring Death am I, and the origin of all to come; and of feminine qualities, fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, constancy, forgiveness.Verse 10.35Of hymns also Brihatsâman; Gâyatrî of metres am I; of months I am Mârgasîrsha; of seasons the flowery.Verse 10.36I am the gambling of the cheat, and the splendour of splendid things I; I am victory, I am determination, and the truth of the truthful I.Verse 10.37Of the Vṛishnis Vâsudeva am I; of the Pândavas Dhananjaya; of the Sages also I am Vyâsa; of poets Ushanâ the Bard.Verse 10.38Of rulers I am the sceptre; of those that seek victory I am statesmanship; and of secrets I am also silence; the knowledge of knowers am I.Verse 10.39And whatsoever is the seed of all beings, that am I, O Arjuna; nor is there aught, moving or unmoving, that may exist bereft of Me.Verse 10.40There is no end of My divine powers, O Parantapa. What has been declared is illustrative of My infinite glory.Verse 10.41Whatsoever is glorious, good, beautiful, and mighty, understand thou that to go forth from a fragment of My splendour.Verse 10.42But what is the knowledge of all these details to thee, O Arjuna? Having pervaded this whole universe with one fragment of Myself, I remain.