Chapter 10
Vibhuti Yoga
The Divine Manifestations
- Verse 10.1Yet again, O you of mighty arms! listen to my excellent words, which, out of a wish for your welfare, I speak to you…
- Verse 10.2Not the multitudes of gods, nor the great sages know my source; for I am in every way the origin of the gods and great…
- Verse 10.3Of (all) mortals, he who knows me to be unborn, without beginning, the great lord of the world, being free from…
- Verse 10.4Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from delusion, forgiveness, truth, restraint of the senses, tranquillity, pleasure,…
- Verse 10.5Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from delusion, forgiveness, truth, restraint of the senses, tranquillity, pleasure,…
- Verse 10.6The seven great sages, and likewise the four ancient Manus, whose descendants are (all) these people in the world,…
- Verse 10.7Whoever correctly knows these powers and emanations of mine, becomes possessed of devotion free from indecision; of…
- Verse 10.8The wise, full of love, worship me, believing that I am the origin of all, and that all moves on through me.
- Verse 10.9(Placing their) minds on me, offering (their) lives to me, instructing each other, and speaking about me, they are…
- Verse 10.10To these, who are constantly devoted, and who worship with love, I give that knowledge by which they attain to me.
- Verse 10.11And remaining in their hearts, I destroy, with the brilliant lamp of knowledge, the darkness born of ignorance in such…
- Verse 10.12You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme goal, the holiest of the holy. All sages, as well as the divine sage Nârada,…
- Verse 10.13You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme goal, the holiest of the holy. All sages, as well as the divine sage Nârada,…
- Verse 10.14I believe all this that you tell me (to be) true; for, O lord! neither the gods nor demons understand your…
- Verse 10.15You only know your self by your self. O best of beings! creator of all things! lord of all things! god of gods! lord…
- Verse 10.16be pleased to declare without, exception your divine emanations, by which emanations you stand pervading all these…
- Verse 10.17How shall I know you, O you of mystic power! always meditating on you? And in what various entities, O lord! should I…
- Verse 10.18Again, O Ganârdana! do you yourself declare your powers and emanations; because hearing this nectar, I (still) feel no…
- Verse 10.19Well then, O best of Kauravas! I will state to you my own divine emanations; but (only) the chief (ones), for there is…
- Verse 10.20I am the self, O Gudâkesa! seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning and the middle and the end also of…
- Verse 10.21I am Vishnu among the Âdityas, the beaming sun among the shining (bodies); I am Marîki among the Maruts, and the moon…
- Verse 10.22Among the Vedas, I am the Sâma-veda. I am Indra among the gods. And I am mind among the senses. I am consciousness in…
- Verse 10.23And I am Sankara among the Rudras, the lord of wealth among Yakshas and Rakshases. And I am fire among the Vasus, and…
- Verse 10.24And know me, O Arguna! to be Brihaspati, the chief among domestic priests. I am Skanda among generals. I am the ocean…
- Verse 10.25I am Bhrigu among the great sages. I am the single syllable (Om) among words. Among sacrifices I am the Gapa…
- Verse 10.26the Asvattha among all trees, and Nârada among divine sages; Kitraratha among the heavenly choristers, the sage Kapila…
- Verse 10.27Among horses know me to be Ukkaissravas, brought forth by (the labours for) the nectar; and Airâvata among the great…
- Verse 10.28I am the thunderbolt among weapons, the wish-giving (cow) among cows. And I am love which generates. Among serpents I…
- Verse 10.29Among Nâga snakes I am Ananta; I am Varuna among aquatic beings. And I am Aryaman among the manes, and Yama among…
- Verse 10.30Among demons, too, I am Pralhâda. I am the king of death (Kâla, time) among those that count. Among beasts I am the…
- Verse 10.31I am the wind among those that blow. I am Râma among those that wield weapons. Among fishes I am Makara, and among…
- Verse 10.32Of created things I am the beginning and the end and the middle also, O Arguna! Among sciences, I am the science of…
- Verse 10.33Among letters I am the letter A, and among the group of compounds the copulative compound. I myself am time…
- Verse 10.34I am death who seizes all, and the source of what is to be. And among females, fame, fortune, speech, memory,…
- Verse 10.35Likewise among Sâman hymns, I am the Brihat-sâman, and I the Gâyatrî among metres. I am Mârgasîrsha among the months,…
- Verse 10.36of cheats, I am the game of dice; I am the glory of the glorious, I am victory, I am industry, I am the goodness of…
- Verse 10.37I am Vâsudeva among the descendants of Vrishni, and Arguna among the Pândavas. Among sages also, I am Vyâsa; and among…
- Verse 10.38I am the rod of those that restrain, and the policy of those that desire victory. I am silence respecting secrets. I…
- Verse 10.39And, O Arguna! I am also that which is the seed of all things. There is nothing movable or immovable which can exist…
- Verse 10.40O terror of your foes! there is no end to my divine emanations. Here I have declared the extent of (those) emanations…
- Verse 10.41Whatever thing (there is) of power, or glorious, or splendid, know all that to be produced from portions of my energy.
- Verse 10.42Or rather, O Arguna! what have you to do, knowing all this at large? I stand supporting all this by (but) a single…