Chapter 10
विभूतियोग
Vibhooti Yoga
The tenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Vibhooti Yoga". In this chapter, Krishna reveals Himself as the cause of all causes. He describes His various manifestations and opulences in order to increase Arjuna's Bhakti. Arjuna is fully convinced of Lord's paramount position and proclaims him to be the Supreme Personality. He prays to Krishna to describe more of His divine glories which are like nectar to hear.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |...
10.1 The Blessed Lord said Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I will dec...
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः |...
10.2 Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for in every way I am the sou...
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् |...
10.3 He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he, among mortals...
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः |...
10.4 Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain,...
अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः |...
10.5 Non-injury, eanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, ill-fame (these) different ki...
महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा |...
10.6 The seven great sages, the ancient four and also the Manus, possessed of powers like Me (on acc...
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः |...
10.7 He who in truth knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and (this) Yoga-power of Mine b...
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते |...
10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise, endowed with ...
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् |...
10.9 With their mind and their life wholly absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and ever speaking...
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् |...
10.10 To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by...
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः |...
10.11 Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their Self, destroy the darkness born of i...
अर्जुन उवाच |...
10.12 Arjuna said Thou art the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode (or the supreme light), the supre...
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा |...
10.13 All the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita, Devala a...
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव |...
10.14 I believe all this that Thou sayest to me to be true, O Krishna; verily, O blessed Lord! neith...
स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम |...
Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka...
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः |...
10.16 Thou shouldst indeed tell, without reserve, of Thy divine glories by which Thou existest, perv...
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् |...
10.17 How shall I, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, ...
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन |...
10.18 Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of Thy Yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with w...
श्रीभगवानुवाच |...
10.19 The Blessed Lord said Very well! Now I will declare to thee My divine glories in their promin...
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः |...
10.20 I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle ...
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् |...
10.21 Among the (twelve) Adityas, I am Vishnu; among luminaries, the radiant sun; I am Marichi among...
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः |...
10.22 Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; I am Vasava among the gods; among the senses I am the mind...
रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् |...
10.23 And, among the Rudras I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the Lord of wealth (Kuber...
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् |...
10.24 And, among the household priests (of kings), O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati; am...
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् |...
10.25 Among the great sages I am Bhrigu; among words I am the one syllable (Om); among sacrifices I ...
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः |...
10.26 Among all the trees ( I am) the Peepul; among the divine sages, I am Narada; among Gandharvas,...
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् |...
10.27 Know Me as Ucchaisravas born of nectar, among horses; among lordly elephants (I am) the Airava...
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् |...
10.28 Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am the wish-fulfilling cow called Kamadhenu; ...
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् |...
10.29 I am Ananta among the Nagas; I am Varuna among water-deities; Aryaman among the Manes I am; I ...
प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् |...
10.30 And, I am Prahlada among the demons, among the reckoners I am time; among beasts I am the lion...
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् |...
10.31 Among the purifiers (or the speeders) I am the wind; Rama among the warriors am I; among the f...
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन |...
10.32 Among creations I am the beginning, the middle and also the end, O Arjuna; among the sciences ...
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च |...
10.33 Among the letters of the alphabets, the letter 'A' I am and the dual among the compounds. I am...
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् |...
10.34 And I am the all-devouring Death, and the prosperity of those who are to be prosperous; among ...
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् |...
10.35 Among the hymns also I am the Brihatsaman; among metres Gayatri am I; among the montsh I am th...
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् |...
10.36 I am the gambling of the fraudulent; I am the splendour of the splendid; I am victory; I am de...
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः |...
10.37 Among the Vrishnis I am Vaasudeva; among the Pandavas I am Arjuna; among the sages I am Vyasa;...
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् |...
10.38 Of those who punish, I am the sceptre; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and a...
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन |...
10.39 And whatever is the seed of all beings, that also am I, O Arjuna; there is no being, whether m...
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप |...
10.40 There is no end to My divine gloreis, O Arjuna, but this is a brief statement by Me of the par...
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा |...
10.41 Whatever being there is glorious, prosperous or powerful, that know thou to be a manifestation...
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन |...
10.42 But, of what avail to thee is the knowledge of all these details, O Arjuna? I exist, supportin...