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Bhagavad Gita 10.38

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्।।10.38।।

daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām। maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham।।10.38।।

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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
दमयताम्
अस्मि
नीतिः
अस्मि
जिगीषताम्
मौनम्
च
एव
अस्मि
गुह्यानाम्
ज्ञानम्
ज्ञानवताम्
अहम्

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