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Friday, November 5, 2021

Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita 39


32. Of manifestations I, am the beginning, the middle and also the end; of all knowledges I am the knowledge of the Self, and Vâda of disputants.

33. Of letters the letter "A" am I, and Dvandva of all compounds; I alone am the inexhaustible Time, I the Sustainer, by dispensing fruits of actions, All-formed.

34. And I am the all-seizing Death, and the prosperity of those who are to be prosperous; of the feminine qualities I am Fame, Beauty, Inspiration, Memory, Intelligence, Constancy and Forbearance.

35. Of Sâmas also I am the Brihat-Sâma, of metres Gâyatri am I; of months I am Mârgashirsha, of seasons the flowery season. 

36. I am the gambling of the fraudulent, I am the power of the powerful; I am victory, I am effort, I am Sattva of the Sâttvika. 

37. Of the Vrishnis I am Vâsudeva; of the Pândavas, Dhananjaya; and also of the Munis I am Vyâsa; of the sages, Ushanas the sage. 

38. Of punishers I am the scepter; of those who seek to conquer, I am statesmanship; and also of things secret I am silence, and the knowledge of knowers am I. 

39. And whatsoever 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 of My divine attributes, O scorcher of foes; but this is a brief statement by Me of the particulars of My divine attributes. 

41. Whatever being there is great, prosperous, or powerful, that know you to be a product of a part of My splendor.

42. Or what avails you to know all this diversity, O Arjuna? Know you this, that I exist, supporting this whole world by a portion of Myself.

Bhagavad Gita, 10:32-42



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