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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

10th Chapter conclusion.


“I am the SELF,
O sleepless One.
I dwell in the hearts of all beings.



I am the beginning the middle and the end of all beings.

Of all things, I am the Greatest.

I am the King of Kings, Lord of Lords.






Of the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu,
Of lights I am the radiant sun,
Of the Maruts, I am Marīci,
Of stars I am the moon.




Of the Vedas I am the Sāma.
Of the gods I am Indra.

Of senses, I am the mind.
Of living beings I am the soul.


Of Rudras I am Śiva,
Of Yakṣas and Rakṣasas I am Kuvera,
Of Vasus I am fire, Agni,
Of the mountains I am Meru.
Of priests I am Bṛhaspati,
Of Generals I am the god of war.
Of  bodies of water, I am the ocean.
Of the great sages I am Bhrgu;

Of vibrations I am the transcendental Om. 

Of sacrifices I am 
the chanting of the holy names in japa.


 Of immovable things 
I am the Himalayas.
Of horses I am Ucchaiḥśravā,
Born of the churning 
of the ocean of immortal nectar;

Of the elephants I am Airāvata.

Of men, I am the king of kings.

Of weapons I am the thunderbolt;


Of cows I am Surabhi,
Giver of abundant milk.
Of procreators I am the god of love.
Of serpents I am Vasuki. 
Of the celestial Naga snakes I am Ananta.
Of aquatic beings I am Varuṇa, god of water.
Of departed ancestors I am Aryam the ancient,
Of justices I am the god of Death, Yama himself.

Of the  Daityas I am the devoted Prahlada.


Of conquerers I am time;

Of the beasts I am the lion,
Of birds I am Garuḍa, the feathered carrier of Viṣṇu.

Of purifiers I am the wind.
Of wielders of weapons, I am Paraśurama;
Of Kings I am Rāma.
Of fish I am the shark.
Of rivers I am the Ganges.

Of creations I am the beginning, the end, and the middle.
Of science I am the spiritual science.
Of debates I am the thesis, the antithesis and the synthesis.
Of letters I am ALPHA.

Among syllables I am the word.
I am inexhaustible time.

Of Creators, I am the four-headed Brahmā.

I am all-devouring death.


I am the generator of all things yet to be.

Among women I am
good reputation, fair speech,
fine memory, deep intelligence,
chastity and patience.

Of hymns I am the Bṛhat-sāma.
Of poetry I am Gāyatri.

Of months I am November and December.
Of seasons I am flower-bearing Spring.
Of gamblers I am the best of cheats;
Of the  splendid I am the splendor.

I am victory, I am adventure.
I am the strength of the strong.

Of the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva.
Of the Pāṇḍavas I am Arjuna.
Of the sages I am Vyāsa.
Among great thinkers I am Uśanā.

Of punishments I am the rod of chastisement,
Of  those who seek victory, I am morality.

Of secret things I am silence.
Of the wise I am wisdom. “

Kṛṣṇa said,
“O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences. But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe?”





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