Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God

Shloka: BG 10.1

The Blessed Lord said, Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I will declare to you, who are belo...

Shloka: BG 10.2

Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for I am the source of all the gods and the great sage...

Shloka: BG 10.3

He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he among mortals is undeluded and is liber...

Shloka: BG 10.4

Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, existence or birth, non-...

Shloka: BG 10.5

Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these different qualities of beings aris...

Shloka: BG 10.6

The seven great sages, the ancient four, and the Manus, possessing powers like Mine (due to their minds being fixed on M...

Shloka: BG 10.7

He who truly knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and this Yoga-power of Mine, becomes established in unshaka...

Shloka: BG 10.8

I am the source of all; from me everything evolves; Understanding this, the wise, endowed with meditation, worship me.

Shloka: BG 10.9

With their minds and lives wholly absorbed in Me, they enlighten each other and ever speak of Me, being satisfied and de...

Shloka: BG 10.10

To those who are ever steadfast, worshipping me with love, I give the yoga of discrimination, by which they come to me.

Shloka: BG 10.11

Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their selves, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the lumino...

Shloka: BG 10.12

Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval...

Shloka: BG 10.13

All the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and now Thou Th...

Shloka: BG 10.14

I believe all that You have said to me to be true, O Krishna; indeed, O blessed Lord! Neither the gods nor the demons kn...

Shloka: BG 10.15

Verily, Thou Thyself knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Supreme Person, O source and Lord of all beings, O God of gods, O rul...

Shloka: BG 10.16

You should indeed tell, without reserve, of your divine glories by which you exist, pervading all these worlds. (No one ...

Shloka: BG 10.17

How shall I, ever meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, should I think of you?

Shloka: BG 10.18

Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of your yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with what I have heard of your ...

Shloka: BG 10.19

The Blessed Lord said, "Very well! Now I will declare to you My divine glories in their prominence, O Arjuna; there is n...

Shloka: BG 10.20

I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings...

Shloka: BG 10.21

Among the twelve Adityas, I am Vishnu; among luminaries, the radiant sun; among the seven or forty-nine Maruts, I am Mar...

Shloka: BG 10.22

Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Vasava; among the senses, I am the mind; and among living bein...

Shloka: BG 10.23

And among the Rudras, I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the Lord of Wealth (Kubera); among the Vasus, I am ...

Shloka: BG 10.24

And, among the household priests of kings, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati; among the army generals, I am ...

Shloka: BG 10.25

Among the great sages, I am Bhrigu; among words, I am the one syllable (Om); among sacrifices, I am the sacrifice of sil...

Shloka: BG 10.26

Among all the trees, I am the Peepul; among the divine sages, I am Narada; among the Gandharvas, I am Chitraratha; among...

Shloka: BG 10.27

Know Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.

Shloka: BG 10.28

Among weapons, I am the thunderbolt; among cows, I am the wish-fulfilling cow called Kamadhenu; I am the progenitor, the...

Shloka: BG 10.29

I am Ananta among the Nagas; I am Varuna among water-deities; Aryaman among the Manes; I am Yama among the governors.

Shloka: BG 10.30

And I am Prahlada among the demons, I am Time among reckoners, I am the lion among beasts, and Vainateya (Garuda) among ...

Shloka: BG 10.31

Among the purifiers, I am the wind; among the warriors, I am Rama; among the fishes, I am the shark; among the streams, ...

Shloka: BG 10.32

Among creations I am the beginning, the middle, and the end, O Arjuna; among the sciences, I am the science of the Self;...

Shloka: BG 10.33

Among the letters of the alphabet, I am the letter 'A' and the dual among compounds. I am verily the inexhaustible and e...

Shloka: BG 10.34

And I am the all-devouring Death, and the source of prosperity for those who are to be prosperous; among the feminine qu...

Shloka: BG 10.35

Among the hymns, I am the Brihatsaman; among meters, I am Gayatri; among months, I am Margasirsha; among seasons, I am t...

Shloka: BG 10.36

I am the gambling of the deceitful; I am the splendor of the splendid; I am victory; I am the resolve of the resolute; I...

Shloka: BG 10.37

Among the Vrishnis, I am Vaasudeva; among the Pandavas, I am Arjuna; among the sages, I am Vyasa; among the poets, I am ...

Shloka: BG 10.38

Of those who punish, I am the scepter; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and among secrets, I am silence...

Shloka: BG 10.39

And whatever is the seed of all beings, that too am I, O Arjuna; there is no being, be it moving or unmoving, that can e...

Shloka: BG 10.40

There is no end to My divine glories, O Arjuna, but this is a brief statement by Me of the particulars of My divine glor...

Shloka: BG 10.41

Whatever being there is glorious, prosperous, or powerful, know that to be a manifestation of a part of My splendor.

Shloka: BG 10.42

But, of what avail is the knowledge of all these details to you, O Arjuna? I exist, supporting this whole world with one...