Conversation 10
Manifestation of Power
Blessed said:
10:1. Again, O mighty-armed, listen My highest instructions for the good of yours — Me loved.
10:2. My origin is known neither to the gods nor to the multitude of great sages. For I am the progenitor of all gods and all great sages.
10:3. He among mortals who cognizes Me — Unborn, Unoriginal, the Great Lord of the universe — that truly undeluded one becomes free from the bondage of his fate.
10:4. Awareness of actions, wisdom, resoluteness, all-forgiveness, honesty, self-control, calm, joy, pain, birth, death, fear, and fearlessness,
10:5. compassion, equanimity, contentment, spiritual aspiration, generosity, fame, and infamy — I create all this diversity of states of the living beings.
10:6. The seven great sages and the four Manus prior to them also were born from My nature and by My thought. From them all nations originated.
10:7. He who cognized My Greatness and My Yoga is really deeply immersed into yoga, there is no doubt about this.
10:8. I am the Source of everything, everything proceeds from Me. Having understood this the wise worship Me with great delight.
10:9. Directing their thoughts to Me, devoted their lives to Me, enlightening each other, always conversing about Me, they are happy and content.
10:10. To them — always full of love — I gift buddhi yoga by means of which they attain Me.
10:11. Helping them I dispel the darkness of ignorance from their Atmans by the radiance of knowledge.
Arjuna said:
10:12. You are the Supreme God, the Supreme Abode, the Perfect Purity, the Universal Soul, the Primordial, our Eternal Lord!
10:13. All sages proclaimed you thus — divine sage Narada, and Asita, and Devala, and Vyasa. And now You Yourself told Me the same.
10:14. I believe in the truth of everything said by You. Your Manifestation, O Blessed Lord, are comprehensible neither to gods, nor to demons.
10:15. You alone know Yourself as the Atman of Atmans, as the Supreme Soul, as the source of all creatures, as the Ruler of all existing, as the Lord of gods, as the Master of the universe.
10:16. Tell me in full about your Divine Glory in which You abide permeating all the worlds.
10:17. How can I cognize You, O Yogi, by constant contemplation? In what forms should I think about You, O Blessed Lord?
10:18. Tell Me again in detail about Your Yoga and Glory! I can never be satiated listening Your life-giving words!
The Blessed Lord said:
10:19. Let it be as you wish! I will tell you about My Divine Glory, but only the most important of It since there is no limit to My manifestations.
10:20. O conquer of enemies! I am the Atman that resides in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all creatures.
10:21. Of the adityas I am Vishnu. Of the lights I am the radiant Sun. Of all winds I am the Ruler of winds. Of the other lights I am the Moon.
10:22. Of the Vedas I am the Saama Veda. Of gods I am the King of gods. Of the indriyas I am the mind. In all beings I am the Life-giving Force.
10:23. Of the rudras I am Shankara. I am the Ruler of the Divine and demonic. Of the vasus I am fire. Of mountains I am Meru.
10:24. Know Me, O Partha, as the Head of all priests Brihaspati. Of warrior-chiefs I am Skanda. Of water reservoirs I am the ocean.
10:25. Of the great rishis I am Brigu. Of words I am AUM. Of offerings I am chanting of mantras. Of the immovable I am Himalayas.
10:26. Of trees I am ashvattha. Of the gandharvas I am Chitraratha. Of the perfect ones I am wise Kapila.
10:27. Of all horses know Me as Uchchaishrava born of nectar. Among kingly elephants I am Airavata. Among men I am the King.
10:28. Of weapons I am the lightning. Of cows I am kamadhuka. Of the procreating ones I am Kandarpa. Of serpents I am Vasuki.
10:29. Of the nagas I am Ananta. Of the inhabitants of sea I am Varuna. Of the ancestors I am Aryama. Of the judges I am Yama.
10:30. Of the daityas I am Prahlada. Of those who count I am the time. Of the wild animals I am the lion. Of birds I am Garuda.
10:31. Of the purifying elements I am the wind. Of warriors I am Rama. Of fishes I am Makara. Of rivers I am Ganges.
10:32. For creations I am the beginning, the end, and the middle, O Arjuna. Of the sciences I am the science about the Divine Atman. I am also speech of those endowed with eloquence.
10:33. Of the letters I am “A”. I am also duality in combinations of letters. I am the eternal time. I am the all-pervasive Creator.
10:34. I am death carrying all off, and arising of all to come. Of the women’s qualities I am uncommonness, beauty, exquisite speech, memory, wit, constancy, forgiveness.
10:35. Of hymns I am brihatsaman. Of the meters I am gayatri. Of the months I am magashirsha. Of the seasons I am the blossoming spring.
10:36. I am in games of cheats, in the magnificence of the most magnificent things. I am victory. I am resoluteness. I am the truth of the truthful.
10:37. Of the descendants of Vrishni I am Vasudeva. Of the Pandavas I am Dhananjaya. Of munis I am Vyasa. Of singers I am Ushana.
10:38. I am scepter of rulers. I am morals for those seeking victory. I am the silence of secret. I am the knowledge of knowers.
10:39. I am all which is the semen of all existing, O Arjuna. There is nothing moving or nonmoving that can exist without Me.
10:40. There is no limits to My Divine Power, O conqueror of enemies. All that was declared to you are but examples of My Divine Glory.
10:41. All which is mighty, true, beautiful, firm — know that all this is but a trifling part of My Magnificence!
10:42. But of what use for you the knowledge of all these details, O Arjuna? Having enlivened the whole universe with a minute part of Myself I remain.
Thus in the upanishads of the blessed Bhagavad Gita, the Science of Eternal, the Scripture of yoga, says the tenth conversation between Shri Krishna and Arjuna, entitled:
Manifestation of Power.
