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English Verses translated from the 10 th Chapter of the Bhagwad Geeta |
Chapter 10 Yoga of this Most Secret Godly Knowledge O strong armed one! Here from Me again My Supremely Influential words Which I will speak only For the wellbeing of you who have great love for Me My story of My Origin is not known to any Not by the deities nor by the great sages for My Beginning precedes theirs Those who realize Me as the Unborn the Beginning less and the Great Lord of all worlds that knowledgeable person is freed of all sins Those numerous qualities of human beings by which he decides between right and wrong and understands factual and accurate knowledge His intelligence forgiveness truth his ability to control his senses and his mind His ability to feel happiness and sorrow and to understand genesis and destruction His ability to comprehend non violence to be equable and content His ability by which he practices discipline and charity His power to comprehend the difference between fame and ill-fame All of these and many other feelings in living beings arise from Me Alone The seven sages before them the Sanaks Rishis The fourteen Manus of whom you know All these beings have been created by the power of My Thoughts As also their descendants who populate this entire world That person who knows this My secret Godly Glory and My Godly Yogic Power Is doubtlessly filled with the same pure yogic powers which is Mine I, Vasudeva am the Cause of the Creation of this entire universe And this entire world makes effort to attain Me In this way the knowledgeable and respectful devotee Worships Me alone Constantly Those among men and women who apply their minds to Me continuously who lovingly chant My Name without hesitancy I bestow upon such devotees of Mine this great Yogic science by whose practice they attain Me O Arjuna! I reside in them and dispel their darkness which stems from ignorance With the light of the lamp of this My Sacred Secret Knowledge Arjuna said: O Lord! Undoubtedly You are the Supreme Knowledge the Supreme Abode and Supremely Pure All sages of yore All deities and divine persons also say so and You too say this unto me I do believe that which you speak to be the Truth ! O God! Your Form is known Neither to the deities Nor by the demons O Lord ! You who create all beings O Lord of all beings! O Deitiy of the deities! O Master of the world! O Perfect Person! Only You yourself know Yourself through Your own Self ! Therefore only You are fit to reveal to me Your own divine glories! By which Grandeur You have expanded these worlds and all therein Yet you are still stable in Your own Serene Being! O One who are with the Lord ! pray tell me how may I know You by thinking of you constantly? Please tell me again All of your Glories in every detail Then the Lord God spoke thus: O Arjuna ! Now I will relate to you My Glories in their priority of greatness only for My Gandeur and Glories continue endlessly ! O Arjuna ! I am the soul seated in the hearts Of all beings Among luminous celestial bodies I am the Sun I am the brightness of the 49 gods of air And the Lord of the planets the moon I am the SaamVed in the Vedas Indra among the gods Among the sense organs I am Mind Of embodied beings I am their Life Force Among the Rudras I am Shankar among the Yakshas I am Kuber I am Fire among the eight elements of Nature Among the peaks of the mountains I am Sumeru Among all the created trees I am the sacred Peepal Among the godly sages I am Narad Among the celestial musicians I am Chitr-Rath Among the enlightened I am Sage Kapil Among the celestail horses I am Uchashrava And among the best of elephants I am Airaavat Among humans know Me to be the King Among weapons I am the Vajra Among cows I am Kaamdhenu I am Vasuki the king among Serpents Among Pythons I am Naagraj I am the Lord Varun among those who move I am Aryama and also Yamraaj Among demons I am Prahlaad I am time among the countable And among animals I am the Lion king of all Among the birds know Me to be great Garuud I am the wind in those who make everything pure and among those who hold weapons I am Sri Raama Among fishes I am the Alligator Among rivers I am the Ganges O Arjuna I am the beginning middle and end of all Creations And I am also the subject of study of those engaged in Spiritual reflections And among those who debate I am logic Among letters I am Alpha Among Samaas I am the Dwand-Samaas I am Maha Kaal and also the One who sustains all I am with faces in every direction I am the death which ends everything And the birth of all things that are born I am the fame and purity the beauty the glory the compassion and forgiveness in woman I am the force in those who oppress Among those with deception I am the game of gambling I am the influence of those men who are influential I am the victory in those who are victorious I am the power of decision of those who take decisions And the pious feelings in pure persons Among the Vrishta Vanshis I am Vasudeva- your very own friend Among Pandavas I am Dhananjay that is- you yourself Among sages I am Ved Vyaas Among poets I am the poet Shukracharya I am the Policy in those who have the will to win I am Silence in those who keep secrets Of the knowledgeful I am their Essenceful knowledge And O Arjuna! I am the Cause of all things that having a beginning Understand that there is no being animate or inanimate which is without Me O Arjuna ! My Divine Glory is without an end I have spoken of them only very briefly here for you For Whatever glory filled godly or fame filled power filled object that you see Understand them to be only a fraction of My Brightness and Power O Arjuna! what is to be gained by you in knowing all of them! Understand this clearly that I hold this entire universe together with just a fraction of My Powers while I remain stable within. ****************** All copyrights reserved by the author and Kalayani Publications, May 2008, Ranchi-India. |