The Yoga Of Divine Glories

The Blessed Lord said:

1. Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my, supreme word which I will declare to thee who art beloved, for thy welfare.

2. Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know my origin; for in every way I am the source of all the gods and the great sages.

3. He who knows Me as unborn and beginningIess, as the great Lord of the worlds, he, among, mortals, is undeluded as he is liberated from all sins.

4. Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, existence or birth, non-existence or death, fear and also fearlessness.

5. Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, ill-fame (these) different kinds of qualities of beings arise from Me alone.

6. The seven great sages, the ancient four and also the Manus, possessed of powers like me (on

account of their minds being fixed on Me), were born of (My) mind; from them are these creatures born in this world.

7. He who in truth knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and (this) Yoga-power of Mine becomes established in the unshakable Yoga; there is no doubt about it.

8. 1 am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise, endowed with meditation, worship Me.

9. With their mind and their life wholly absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and ever

speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted.

10. To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping me with love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by which they come to me.

11. Out of mere compassion for them, 1, dwelling within their Self, destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the ignorance lamp of knowledge.

Arjuna said

12. Thou art the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode (or the supreme light), the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn and omnipresent.

13. All the sages have thus declared thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and now Thou thyself sayest so to me.

14. I believe all this that Thou sayest to me to be true, O Krishna; verily, O blessed Lord! neither the gods nor the demons know Thy manifestation (origin).

15. Verily, Thou thyself knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Supreme Person, O source and Lord of beings, O God of gods, O ruler of the world!

16. Thou shouldst indeed tell, without, reserve, of thy divine glories by which Thou existest, pervading all these worlds. (None else can do so.)

17. How shall 1, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, art Thou to be thought of by me?

Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of Thy Yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with what I have heard of Thy life-giving and nectar-like speech.

The Blessed Lord said19. Very well! Now I will declare to thee my divine glories in their prominence, O Arjuna; there is no end to their detailed description.

20. I am the self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginni beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings.

21. Among the (twelfth Adityas), I am Vishnu; among luminaries the radiant sun; I am Marichi

among the (seven or forty-nine) Maruts; among stars the moon am I.

22. Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; I am Vasava among the gods; among the senses I am the mind; and I am intelligence among living beings.

23. And among the Rudras I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the Lord of wealth (Kubera); among the Vasus I am Pavaka (fire); and- among the (seven) mountains I am the Meru.

24. And, among the household priests (of kings), O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati; among the any generals I am Skanda; among lakes I am the ocean.

25. Among the great sages I am Bhrigu; among words I am the one syllable (Om); among sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetition; among the immovable things I am the Himalayas.

26. Among all trees (I am) the Peepul; among the divine sages, I am Narada; among Gandharvas, Chitraratha; among the perfected, the sage Kapila.

27. Know Me as Ucchaisravas born of nectar, among horses; among lordly elephants (I am) the Airavata; and, among men, the king.

28. Among weapons I am - the thunderbolt; among cows I am the wish-fulfilling cow called Kamadhenu; I am the progenitor, the god of love; among serpents I am Vasuki.

29. 1 am Ananta among the Nagas; I am Vanma among water-deities; Aryanian among the Manes I am; I am Yama among the governors.

30. And, I am Prahlada among the demons; among the reckoners I am time; among beasts I am the lion, and Vainateya (Garuda) among birds.

3 1. Among, the purifiers (or the speeders) I am the wind; Rama among the warriors am 1; among the fishes I am the shark; among the streams I am the Ganga.

32. Among creations I am the beginning, the middle and the end, O Arjuna; among the sciences I am the science of the Self, and I am the logic among controversialists.

33. Among the letters of the alphabets, the letter 'N I am and the dual among the compounds, I am verily the inexhaustible or everlasting time; I am the dispenser (of the fruits of actions) having faces in all directions.

34. And I am all-devouring Death, and the prosperity of those who are to be prosperous; among the feminine qualities (I am) fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, firmness and forgiveness.

35. Among the hymns also I am the Brihatsaman; among metres Gayatri am 1; among the months I am the Margasirsha; among the seasons (I am) the flowery season.

36. 1 am the gambling of the fraudulent; I am the splendour of the splendid; I am victory; I am determination (of those who are determined); I am the goodness of the good.

37. Among the Vrishnis I am Vaasudeva; among the Pandavas I am Arjuna; among the sages I am Vyasa; among the poets I am Usanas, the poet.

38. Of those who punish, I am the sceptre; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and also among secrets, I am silence; knowledge among knowers I am.

39. And whatever is the seed of all beings, that also am I, O Arjuna; there is no being whether moving or unmoving, that can exist without me.

40. There is no end to my divine glories, O Arjuna, but this is a brief statement by me of the particulars of my divine glories.

41. Whatever being there is glorious, prosperous or powerful, that know thou to be a manifestation of a part of my splendour.

42. But, of what avail to thee is the knowledge of all these details, O Arjuna? I exist, supporting this whole world by one part of myself.

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad-Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the tenth chapter entitled: