bhagavad-giitaa adhyaaya 10 (English)

In this chapter, Kr's'n'a continues to explain his supreme nature to Arjuna. He points out that he is beginningless, and that even the gods and sages don't understand him completely, because he is the origin of them as well. Then he says that one who really understands him is undoubtedly united with him. He also says that he gives the intellectual union to those, who joyfully adore him. This indicates that there is no contradiction between intellectual union and joyful adoration, so a vaishnava, who practises bhakti-yoga, doesn't have to fear knowledge. Actually, the ignorance of those, who joyfully adore Kr's'n'a, is destroyed by Kr's'n'a's shining lamp of knowledge out of his compassion. After hearing that, Arjuna starts to praise Kr's'n'a, and he also mentions that other sages have already declared Kr's'n'a to be the perpetual divine person and the uncreated omnipresent god. Arjuna wants to hear a detailed explanation about Kr's'n'a's manifestations, but Kr's'n'a only agrees to give a summary explanation, because there is no end to his divine qualities. His explanations are indications that he is the foremost, or the original, of everything. Kr's'n'a gives a few examples of his supreme qualities, but he also points out that there is really no end to them. Kr's'n'a points out that he produces every existence from a part of his brilliance. Actually, the word which has been translated as 'produce' can also mean procreation through sex. The fact that Kr's'n'a uses such a word also indicates that he doesn't see sex as something ugly or irreligious. Only a part of Kr's'n'a's brilliance is all that is necessary to produce every powerful existence.

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Â:iB:g:v:an:Øv:ac: B:Üy: Ov: m:hab:ah< S:àN:Ø m:ð p:rm:ö v:c:H . y:¶:ð\|hö )iy:m:aN:ay: v:xy:aem: eht:kamy:y:a / 1 /	S''rii Bhagavaan spoke: Yet again, hear my main speech which I will speak to you, who enjoy the desire of welfare, o Mahaabaahu^*. (1)
n: m:ð ev:dØH s:Ørg:N:aH )B:v:ö n: m:h\:üy:H . Ahm:aedehü dðv:an:aö m:h\:iüN:aö c: s:v:üS:H / 2 /	Multitudes of gods and great sages have not understood my origin, for I am entirely the beginning of gods and great sages. (2)
y:< m:am:j:m:n:aedö c: v:ðe¶: l:<km:hðÃ:rm:Î . As:mm:ÜZH s: m:ty:ðü\:Ø s:v:üp:ap:òH )m:Øcy:t:ð / 3 /	He, who understands me to be the unborn and beginningless great god of the world, is unconfused among mortals and is liberated from all evils. (3)
b:Øe¹waün:m:s:öm:<hH x:m:a s:ty:ö dm:H S:m:H . s:ØK:ö dØHK:ö B:v:<\|B:av:< B:y:ö c:aB:y:m:ðv: c: / 4 /	Intelligence, knowledge, lack of confusion, patience, truth, self-control, tranquility, pleasure, pain, existence, non-existence, and even fear and safety, (4)
Aehös:a s:m:t:a t:ØeÄst:p:< dan:ö y:S:<\|y:S:H . B:v:¡nt: B:av:a B:Üt:an:aö m:¶: Ov: p:àT:¡gv:D:aH / 5 /	harmlessness, impartiality, satisfaction, austerity, giving, fame, and infamy arise from me alone as different kinds of conditions of living beings. (5)
m:h\:üy:H s:pt: p:Üv:ðü c:tv:ar< m:n:v:st:T:a . m:»av:a m:an:s:a j:at:a y:ð\:aö l:<k Em:aH )j:aH / 6 /	In that way, in the past, the seven great sages and four manu, whose very offsprings are in the world, are my natures, mentally caused. (6)
Ot:aö ev:B:Üet:ö y:<g:ö c: m:m: y:< v:ðe¶: t:¶v:t:H . s:<\|ev:klp:ðn: y:<g:ðn: y:Øjy:t:ð n:a*: s:öS:y:H / 7 /	He, who really understands this manifestation and union of mine, is endowed with union without variation. There is no doubt about this. (7)
Ahö s:v:üsy: )B:v:< m:¶:H s:v:þ )v:t:üt:ð . Eet: m:tv:a B:j:nt:ð m:aö b:ØD:a B:av:s:m:¡nv:t:aH / 8 /	After thinking, that I am the origin of everything, and everything arises from me, the intelligent, who are connected with reality, adore me^*. (8)
m:¡cc:¶:a m:·t:)aN:a b:<D:y:nt:H p:rsp:rm:Î . kT:y:nt:Á: m:aö en:ty:ö t:Ø\y:¡nt: c: rm:¡nt: c: / 9 /	Those, who attend me and whose life have gone to me, become satisfied and take delight, eternally describing me and causing each other to understand me. (9)
t:ð\:aö s:t:t:y:ØVt:an:aö B:j:t:aö )iet:p:Üv:ükm:Î . ddaem: b:Øe¹y:<g:ö t:ö y:ðn: m:am:Øp:y:a¡nt: t:ð / 10 /	I give that intellectual union, with which they approach me, to them, who are constantly united, joyfully adoring me. (10)
t:ð\:am:ðv:an:Økmp:aT:üm:hm:wan:j:ö t:m:H . n:aS:y:amy:atm:B:av:sT:< wan:dip:ðn: B:asv:t:a / 11 /	Out of compassion, I, who am situated in my own nature, destroy their own ignorance, produced from lack of knowledge, with the shining lamp of knowledge. (11)
Aj:Øün: uv:ac: p:rö b:ÒÉ p:rö D:am: p:ev:*:ö p:rm:ö B:v:an:Î . p:Ø,\:ö S:aÃ:t:ö edvy:m:aeddðv:m:j:ö ev:B:Øm:Î / 12 /	Arjuna spoke: You are beyond brahma, beyond majesty, the supreme purifyer, the perpetual divine person, the original uncreated omnipresent god. (12)
AahÚstv:am:à\:y:H s:v:ðü dðv:e\:ün:aürdst:T:a . Aes:t:< dðv:l:< vy:as:H sv:y:ö c:òv: b:Òv:ie\: m:ð / 13 /	All sages have declared you to be that, the divine sage Naarada, Asita^*, Devala, Vyaasa, and even you tell me yourself. (13)
s:v:üm:ðt:dàt:ö m:ny:ð y:nm:aö v:des: kñS:v: . n: eh t:ð B:g:v:nvy:¡Vt:ö ev:dØdðüv:a n: dan:v:aH / 14 /	I think all this, which you tell me, is proper, o Kes''ava^*, for neither gods nor demons have understood your appearance, o Bhagavaan. (14)
sv:y:m:ðv:atm:n:atm:an:ö v:ðtT: tv:ö p:Ø,\:<¶:m: . B:Üt:B:av:n: B:Üt:ðS: dðv:dðv: j:g:tp:t:ð / 15 /	You alone have understood yourself with yourself, o supreme person^*, o creator of living beings, o lord of living beings, o god of gods, o master of the world. (15)
v:Vt:Øm:hüsy:S:ð\:ðN: edvy:a Êatm:ev:B:Üt:y:H . y:aeB:ev:üB:Üet:eB:l:<ükaen:m:aöstv:ö vy:apy: et:Åes: / 16 /	Please speak entirely, for self-manifestations are divine. After filling these worlds with those manifestations, you remain. (16)
kT:ö ev:½am:hö y:<eg:östv:aö s:da p:erec:nt:y:n:Î . kñ\:Ø kñ\:Ø c: B:av:ð\:Ø ec:nty:<\|es: B:g:v:nm:y:a / 17 /	How can I always have knowledge while thinking about you, o yogii, and in what conditions should I think about you, o Bhagavaan. (17)
ev:st:rðN:atm:n:< y:<g:ö ev:B:Üet:ö c: j:n:adün: . B:Üy:H kT:y: t:à¡pt:ehü S:àNv:t:< n:a¡st: m:ð\|m:àt:m:Î / 18 /	Furthermore, explain in detail about your union and manifestation, o Janaardana^*, for I am not satisfied hearing the nectar. (18)
Â:iB:g:v:an:Øv:ac: hnt: t:ð kT:ey:\y:aem: edvy:a Êatm:ev:B:Üt:y:H . )aD:any:t:H kÙ,Â:ðÅ n:asty:nt:< ev:st:rsy: m:ð / 19 /	S''rii Bhagavaan spoke: Here I will explain it summarily to you, for self-manifestations are divine, o best of the Kurus^*. There is no end of my expansion. (19)
Ahm:atm:a g:ØRakñS: s:v:üB:Üt:aS:y:¡sT:t:H . Ahm:aedÁ: m:Dy:ö c: B:Üt:an:am:nt: Ov: c: / 20 /	I am the soul, situated in the seat of all living beings, o Gud'aakes''a^*, and I am the beginning, and the middle, and even the end of the living beings. (20)
Aaedty:an:am:hö ev:\NaÙjy:<üet:\:aö rev:röS:Øm:an:Î . m:riec:m:ü,t:am:¡sm: n:x:*:aN:am:hö S:S:i / 21 /	I am Vis'n'u among Aditi's sons, the sun with its rays among heavenly bodies^. I am Mariici among maruts^. I am the moon among the stars. (21)
v:ðdan:aö s:am:v:ðd<\|¡sm: dðv:an:am:¡sm: v:as:v:H . E¡ndÒy:aN:aö m:n:Á:a¡sm: B:Üt:an:am:¡sm: c:ðt:n:a / 22 /	I am Saama-veda among vedas, I am the chief of vasus^* among gods, and I am the mind among senses. I am the consciousness of the living beings, (22)
,dÒaN:aö S:¢rÁ:a¡sm: ev:¶:ðS:< y:x:rx:s:am:Î . v:s:Ün:aö p:av:kÁ:a¡sm: m:ð,H eS:K:erN:am:hm:Î / 23 /	and I am S''angkara^* among rudras^, Vittes''a^ among yaks'as and raks'as^, and I am Paavaka among vasus^. I am Meru among mountains, (23)
p:Ør<D:s:aö c: m:ØKy:ö m:aö ev:e¹ p:aT:ü b:àhsp:et:m:Î . s:ðn:an:in:am:hö skndH s:rs:am:¡sm: s:ag:rH / 24 /	and know me as the leader Br'haspati among family priests, o Pr'thaa's son^*. I am Skanda among commanders, I am the ocean among waters. (24)
m:h\:iüN:aö B:àg:Ørhö eg:ram:smy:ðkm:x:rm:Î . y:wan:aö j:p:y:w<\|¡sm: sT:av:raN:aö ehm:al:y:H / 25 /	I am Bhr'gu among great sages, I am the one syllable^* among invocations. I am the sacrifice of japa among sacrifices, and Himaalaya among mountains, (25)
AÃ:tT:H s:v:üv:àx:aN:aö dðv:\:iüN:aö c: n:ardH . g:nD:v:aüN:aö ec:*:rT:H es:¹an:ö kep:l:< m:Øen:H / 26 /	the as''vattha among all trees, and Naarada among divine sages, Citraratha among gandharvas^*, and Kapila the hermit among siddhas. (26)
ucc:òHÂ:v:s:m:Ã:an:aö ev:e¹ m:am:m:àt:<»v:m:Î . Oðrav:t:ö g:j:ðndÒaN:aö n:raN:aö c: n:raeD:p:m:Î / 27 /	Know me as Uccaih's''ravaa, who originated from nectar, among horses, Airaavata among noble elephants, and the regent of men among men! (27)
Aay:ØD:an:am:hö v:$ö D:ðn:Ün:am:¡sm: kam:D:ØkÏ . )j:n:Á:a¡sm: kndp:üH s:p:aüN:am:¡sm: v:as:ØekH / 28 /	I am the thunderbolt among weapons, I am Kaamadhuk among cows, and I am Kandarpa^*, the progenitor. I am Vaasuki among snakes, (28)
An:nt:Á:a¡sm: n:ag:an:aö v:,N:< y:ads:am:hm:Î . ep:t:äN:am:y:üm:a c:a¡sm: y:m:H s:öy:m:t:am:hm:Î / 29 /	and I am the endless one^* among cobras. I am Varun'a among sea monsters, and I am Aryamaa among ancestors. I am Yama among restrainers, (29)
)ÌadÁ:a¡sm: dòty:an:aö kal:H kl:y:t:am:hm:Î . m:àg:aN:aö c: m:àg:ðndÒ<\|hö v:òn:t:ðy:Á: p:ex:N:am:Î / 30 /	and I am Prahlaada among descendants of Diti. I am Kaala among accomplishers, and I am the lion among wild beasts, and Vinataa's son^* among birds. (30)
p:v:n:H p:v:t:am:¡sm: ram:H S:s*:B:àt:am:hm:Î . J:\:aN:aö m:krÁ:a¡sm: +<t:s:am:¡sm: j:aÈv:i / 31 /	I am the breeze among purifyers, I am Raama among warriors, I am the crocodile among aquatic animals, I am Jahnu's daughter^* among rivers. (31)
s:g:aüN:am:aedrnt:Á: m:Dy:ö c:òv:ahm:j:Øün: . ADy:atm:ev:½a ev:½an:aö v:adH )v:dt:am:hm:Î / 32 /	I am the beginning, and the end, and even the middle among creations, o Arjuna. I am the knowledge about the Supersoul among sciences, and the statement among declarations. (32)
Ax:raN:am:kar<\|¡sm: ¾n¾H s:am:aes:ksy: c: . Ahm:ðv:ax:y:H kal:< D:at:ahö ev:Ã:t:<m:ØK:H / 33 /	I am "a" among letters, and the dvandva of the compound word. I am even the undecaying time. I am Dhaataa, facing all sides, (33)
m:àty:ØH s:v:ührÁ:ahm:Ø»v:Á: B:ev:\y:t:am:Î . kiet:üH Â:iv:aüVc: n:ariN:aö sm:àet:m:ðüD:a D:àet:H x:m:a / 34 /	and I am death, the remover of everything, and the production among things which will exist, and Kiirti, S''rii, Vaak, Smr'ti, Medhaa, Dhr'ti, and Ks'amaa among women^*. (34)
b:àhts:am: t:T:a s:amn:aö g:ay:*:i Cnds:am:hm:Î . m:as:an:aö m:ag:üS:i\:<ü\|hm:àt:Ün:aö kÙs:Øm:akrH / 35 /	In that way I am Br'hat-saama among saamas and the gaayatrii among hymns. I am Maargas''iirs'a^* among months and spring among seasons. (35)
½Ýt:ö Cl:y:t:am:¡sm: t:ðj:st:ðj:¡sv:n:am:hm:Î . j:y:<\|¡sm: vy:v:s:ay:<\|¡sm: s:¶v:ö s:¶v:v:t:am:hm:Î / 36 /	I am gambling among cheatings, I am the brilliance of the brilliant, I am victory, I am determination, I am the existence of the existing. (36)
v:à\Nain:aö v:as:Ødðv:<\|¡sm: p:aNRv:an:aö D:n:Wj:y:H . m:Øn:in:am:py:hö vy:as:H kv:in:am:ØS:n:a kev:H / 37 /	I am Vaasudeva^* among Vr's'n'is, and Dhananjjaya^* among Paan'd'u's sons. Moreover, I am Vyaasa among hermits, and the sage Us''anaa^* among sages. (37)
dNR< dm:y:t:am:¡sm: n:iet:r¡sm: ej:g:i\:t:am:Î . m:>n:ö c:òv:a¡sm: g:ØÊan:aö wan:ö wan:v:t:am:hm:Î / 38 /	I am the stick among subduers, I am the conduct of those who wish to win, and I am even the silence among secrets. I am the knowledge of those who have knowledge, (38)
y:cc:aep: s:v:üB:Üt:an:aö b:ij:ö t:dhm:j:Øün: . n: t:d¡st: ev:n:a y:tsy:anm:y:a B:Üt:ö c:rac:rm:Î / 39 /	and moreover, I am the very seed of all living beings, o Arjuna. There is nothing movable or immovable except what might be caused by me. (39)
n:ant:<\|¡st: m:m: edvy:an:aö ev:B:Üt:in:aö p:rnt:p: . O\: t:Ü¸ðS:t:H )<Vt:< ev:B:Üt:ðev:üst:r< m:y:a / 40 /	There is no end of my divine manifestations, o Parantapa^*, but this, which I have proclaimed, is an exemplified expansion of my manifestation. (40)
y:½e¾B:Üet:m:ts:¶v:ö Â:im:dÜej:üt:m:ðv: v:a . t:¶:dðv:av:g:cC tv:ö m:m: t:ðj:<\|öS:s:mB:v:m:Î / 41 /	Understand every single powerful existence, which is beautiful or even strengthened, to be produced from a part of my brilliance! (41)
AT:v:a b:hÚn:òt:ðn: ek÷ wat:ðn: t:v:aj:Øün: . ev:ÄBy:ahem:dö kátsn:m:ðkaöS:ðn: ¡sT:t:< j:g:t:Î / 42 /	Now what, with this much known to you, o Arjuna? Since I am supporting this entire world with one part, it is firm. (42)