“I am the SELF,
O
sleepless One.
I am the beginning the middle and the end of all
beings.
Of all things, I am the Greatest.
Of the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu,
Of lights I am the radiant sun,
Of the Maruts, I am Marīci,
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. ॐ
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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