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sargāṇām ādir antaś ca madhyaḿ caivāham arjuna adhyātma-vidyā vidyānāḿ vādaḥ pravadatām aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.32 Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I...

akṣarāṇām a-kāro ’smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca aham evākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaḿ viśvato-mukhaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.33 Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also...

mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāḿ smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.34 I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to...

b?hat-sama tatha samna? gayatri chandasam aham masana? marga-sir?o ’ham ?tuna? kusumakara? Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.35 Of the hymns in the Sama Veda I am the Brihat-sama, and of poetry I am the Gayatri. Of months I am...

dyūtaḿ chalayatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham jayo ’smi vyavasāyo ’smi sattvaḿ sattvavatām aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.36 I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am...

vṛṣṇīnāḿ vāsudevo ’smi pāṇḍavānāḿ dhanañ-jayaḥ munīnām apy ahaḿ vyāsaḥ kavīnām uśanā kaviḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.37 Of the descendants of Vrishni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I...

daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣatām maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.38 Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am...

yac cāpi sarva-bhūtānāḿ bījaḿ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaḿ carācaram Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.39 Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being—moving or...

nānto ’sti mama divyānāḿ vibhūtīnāḿ paran-tapa eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūter vistaro mayā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.40 O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to...

yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaḿ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaḿ mama tejo-’ḿśa-sambhavam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 10.41 Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My...