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Chapter-10
Vibhuti
Yog
1: The Supreme Personality of
Godhead said: Listen again, O mighty armed Arjuna.
Because you are My dear friend, for your benefit I shall
speak to you further, giving knowledge that is better
than what I have already explained.
2: Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great
sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every
respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages.
3: He who know Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds-he
only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.
4-5: Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt
and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the
senses, control of the mind, happiness and distress,
birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence,
equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and
infamy-all these various qualities of living beings are
created by Me alone.
6: The seven great sages and before them the four
other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind]
come from Me, born from My mind, and all the living
beings populating the various planets descend from them.
7: One who is factually convinced of this opulence
and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional
service; of this there is no doubt.
8: I am the source of all spiritual and material
worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who
perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and
worship Me with all their hearts.
9: The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me,
their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they
derive great satisfaction and bliss from always
enlightening one another and conversing about Me.
10: To those who are constantly devoted to serving
Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can
come to Me.
11: To show them special mercy, I dwelling in their
hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the
darkness born of ignorance.
12-13: Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute
Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original
person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages
such as Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa confirm this
truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it
to Me.
14: O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You
have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O
Lord, can understand Your personality.
15: Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own
internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord
of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the universe!
16: Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds.
17: O Krsna, O supreme mystic, how shall I
constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In
what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme
Personality of Godhead?
18: O Janardana, again please describe in detail
the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated
in hearing about You, for the more I hear the more I
want to taste the nectar of Your worlds.
19: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I
will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only
of those which are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence
is limitless.
20: I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the
hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the
middle and the end of all beings.
21: Of the Adityas I am Visnu, of lights I am the
radiant sun, of the Maruts I am the Marici, and among
the stars I am the moon.
22: Of the Vedas I am the Sama Veda; of the
demigods I am Indra, the king of heaven; of the senses I
am the mind; and in living beings I am the living force
[consciousness].
23: Of all the Rudras I am Lord Siva, of the Yaksas
and Raksasas I am the Lord of wealth [Kuvera], of the
Vasus I am the fire [Agni], and of mountains I am Meru.
24: Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief,
Brhaspati. Of generals I am Kartikeya, and of bodies of
water I am te ocean.
25: Of the great sages I am Bhrgu; of vibrations I
am the transcendental om. Of sacrifices I am the
chanting of the holy names [japa], and of immovable
things I am the Himalayas.
26: Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the
sages among the demigods I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas
I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the
sage Kapila.
27: Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsrava, produced
during the churning of the ocean for nectar. Of lordly
elephants I am Airavata, and among men I am the monarch.
28: Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I
am the surabhi. Of causes for procreation I am Kandarpa,
the god of love, and of serpents I am Vasuki.
29: Of the many-hooded Nages I am Ananta, and among
the aquatics I am the demigod Varuna. Of departed
ancestors I am Aryama, and among the dispensers of law I
am Yama, the lord of death.
30: Among the Danya demons I am the devoted
Prahlada, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am
the lion, and among birds I am Garuda.
31: Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders I
am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers
I am the Ganges.
32: Of all creations I am the beginning and the end
and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the
spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am
the conclusive truth.
33: Of letters I am the letter A, and among
compound words I am the dual compound. I am also
inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma.
34: I am all-devouring death, and I am the
generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among
women I am fame, fortune, fine speech, memory,
intelligence, steadfastness and patience.
35: Of the hymns in the Sama Veda I am the
Brhat-sama, and of poetry I am the Gayatri. Of months I
am Margasirsa [November-December], and of seasons I am
flower-bearing spring.
36: I am also gambling of cheats, and of the
splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am
adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.
37: Of the descendants of Vasudeva, and of the
Pandavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyasa, and among
great thinkers I am Usana.
38: Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am
punishment, and of those who seek victory I am morality.
Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am the
wisdom.
39: Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed
of all existences. There is no being-moving or
nonmoving- that can exist without Me.
40: O mighty conqueror of the enemies, there is no
end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to
you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences.
41: Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious
creations spring from but a spark of My Splendor.
42: But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this
detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I
pervade and support this entire universe.
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