Chapter 10, Verse 38
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्।।10.38।।
daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām। maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham।।10.38।।
Word by word
- दण्डः
- the rod of punishment (chastisement)
- दमयताम्
- of those who subdue/control (chastisers)
- अस्मि
- I am
- नीतिः
- the policy/moral strategy (of those who wish to conquer)
- अस्मि
- I am
- जिगीषताम्
- of those desiring to conquer
- मौनम्
- silence
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed
- अस्मि
- I am
- गुह्यानाम्
- of secret/hidden things
- ज्ञानम्
- the knowledge
- ज्ञानवताम्
- of the knowers/wise ones
- अहम्
- I
Commentary
38. Of punishers I am the sceptre, of those who seek to conquer I am the polity, and of things secret I am also silence, the knowledge of knowers am I,
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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दण्डः
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मौनम्
च
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