51. You Are The Ultimate

I am the Creator, the Created and the Creation. I Am the beginning, the middle and the end. All else is illusion. He who knows this glory and power of mine, is fully united in Me. Know Me and be liberated.

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śrībhagavānuvāca bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ I yatte'haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā II 10.1

10.1 Lord Kṛṣṇa says: Listen carefully again, Oh mighty-armed Arjuna! Because you are My dear friend, I shall speak further on the Supreme knowledge for your welfare.

na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṁ na maharṣayaḥ I ahamādirhi devānāṁ maharṣīṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ II 10.2

10.2 Neither the hosts of deities nor the great sages know My origin, My opulence. I am the source of the deities and the sages.

yo māmajamanādiṁ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram I asaṁmūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate II 10.3

10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, and supreme Lord of all the worlds, Only he, who has this clarity, is wise and freed from all bondage.

buddhirjñānam asaṁmohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ I sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo 'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca II 10.4

ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṁ yaśo 'yaśaḥ I bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ II 10.5

10.4,5 Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, control of the mind, happiness, distress, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy, all these various qualities of living beings are created by Me alone.

maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā I madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ II 10.6

10.6 The seven great sages and before them, the four great Manus, endowed with My power, They arose from My mind and all the living beings populating the planet descend from them.

etām vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ I so 'vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṁśayaḥ II 10.7

10.7 He who knows all this glory and powers of mine, truly, he is fully united in Me; Of that there is no doubt.

ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate I iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ II 10.8

10.8 I am the source of all the spiritual and material worlds. Everything arises from Me. The wise who know this are devoted to Me and surrender their heart to Me.

maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam I kathayantaśca māṁ nityaṁ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca II 10.9

10.9 With mind and lives absorbed on Me, always enlightening one another and talking about My glories, the wise are content and blissful.

teṣāṁ satatayuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prītipūrvakam I dadāmi buddhiyogaṁ taṁ yena māmupayānti te II 10.10

10.10 To those who are always engaged in Me with love, I give them enlightenment by which they come to Me.

teṣāṁ evānukampārtham aham ajñānajaṁ tamaḥ I nāśayāmy ātma-bhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā II 10.11

10.11 Out of compassion to them, I destroy the darkness born out of their ignorance by the shining lamp of knowledge.

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paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān I puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādidevamajaṁ vibhum II 10.12

10.12 Arjuna says: You are the supreme truth, supreme sustenance, supremely purifier, the primal, eternal and glorious Lord.

āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣiṛnāradastathā I asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me II 10.13

10.13 All the sages like Nārada, Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa have explained this. Now you are personally explaining to me.

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sarvametadṛtaṁ manye yanmāṁ vadasi keśava I na hi te bhagavan-vyaktiṁ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ II 10.14

10.14 Oh Keśava, I accept all these truths that You have told me. Oh Lord, neither he gods nor the demons know You.

svayam evātmanātmānaṁ vettha tvaṁ puruṣottama I bhūta-bhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate II 10.15

10.15 Surely, You alone know Yourself by Yourself, Oh Perfect One, the origin of beings, Oh Lord of beings, Oh God of gods, Oh Lord of the world.

vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ I yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṁstvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi II 10.16 10.16 Only You can describe in detail Your divine glories by which You pervade this universe.

kathaṁ vidyāmahaṁ yogiṁs tvāṁ sadā paricintayan I keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavanmayā II 10.17

10.17 How may I know You by contemplation? In which forms should I contemplate on You, Oh Lord?

vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana I bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam II 10.18

10.18 Tell me in detail of your powers and glories, Oh Janārdana. Again, please tell for my satisfaction as I do not tire of hearing your sweet words.

śrībhagavānuvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ I prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me II 10.19

10.19 Kṛṣṇa says, 'Yes, Oh Kuruśreṣṭha, I will talk to you surely of My Divine glories; but only of the main ones as there is no end to the details of My glories.

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ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ I ahamādiśca madhyaṁ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca II 10.20

10.20 I am the Spirit, Oh Guḍākeśa, situated in all living beings. I am surely the beginning, middle and end of all beings.

ādityānāmahaṁ viṣṇur jyotiṣāṁ raviraṁśumān I marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṁ śaśī II 10.21

10.21 Of the Ādityas, I am Viṣṇu. Of the luminaries, I am the bright sun. Of the Maruts, I am Marīcī. Of the Nakṣatras, I am the moon.

vedānāṁ sāmavedo'smi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ I indriyāṇāṁ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā II 10.22

10.22 Of the Vedas, I am the Sāma Veda. Of the gods, I am Indra. Of the senses, I am the mind and in living beings, I am the consciousness.

rudrāṇāṁ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām I vasūnāṁ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham II 10.23

10.23 Of the Rudras, I am Śaṅkara and of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, I am Kubera, god of wealth. Of the Vasus, I am fire and of the peaks, I am Meru.

purodhasāṁ ca mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim I senānīnāmahaṁ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ II 10.24

10.24 Of the priests, understand, O Pārtha, that I am the chief Brihaspati. Of the warriors, I am Skanda. Of the water bodies, I am the ocean.

maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgurahaṁ girāmasmyekamakṣaram I yajñānāṁ japayajño'smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ II 10.25

10.25 Of the great sages, I am Bhrigu. Of the vibrations, I am the OM. Of the sacrifices, I am the chanting of holy names. Of the immovable objects, I am the Himālayas.

aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṁ devarṣīṇāṁ ca nāradaḥ I gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ II 10.26

10.26 Of all the trees, I am the Banyan tree and of all the sages of the gods, I am Nārada. Of the Gandharvas, I am Chitraratha. Of the realized souls, I am the sage Kapila.

uccaiḥśravas amaśvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛtodbhavam I airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam II 10.27

10.27 Of the horses, know me to be Ucchaiṣravas born of the nectar generated from the churning of the ocean; Of the elephants, Airāvata and of men, the king.