Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10: The Yoga of Divine Glories

All 42 verses of Chapter 10 of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit, with English translation, per-word meanings, and Adi Shankara's commentary.

• Verse 10.1 — Again, O mighty-armed, listen to My Supreme word, which I, from a desire for thy…
• Verse 10.2 — Neither the hosts of the Gods nor the Great Ṛṣis know my origin; for I am the source of…
• Verse 10.3 — He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he among…
• Verse 10.4 — Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, patience, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure…
• Verse 10.5 — Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, patience, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure…
• Verse 10.6 — The seven Great Ṛṣis as well as the four ancient Manus, with their being in Me, were born…
• Verse 10.7 — He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine is endowed with unshaken Yoga; there…
• Verse 10.8 — I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; thus thinking the wise worship Me…
• Verse 10.9 — With their thought on Me, with their life absorbed in Me, instructing each other, and…
• Verse 10.10 — To these, ever devout, worshipping Me with love, I give that devotion of knowledge by…
• Verse 10.11 — Out of mere compassion for them, I, abiding in their self, destroy the darkness born of…
• Verse 10.12 — The Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Purifier art Thou. All the Ṛṣis…
• Verse 10.13 — The Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Light, the Supreme Purifier art Thou. All the Ṛṣis…
• Verse 10.14 — I believe to be true all this which Thou sayest to me; for neither the Gods nor the…
• Verse 10.15 — Thou Thyself knowest Thyself as the Self, O Puruṣa Supreme, O Source of beings, O Lord of…
• Verse 10.16 — Thou shouldst indeed tell, without reserve, of Thy divine Glories, by which Glories Thou…
• Verse 10.17 — How shall I, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin; in what several things, O Lord, art…
• Verse 10.18 — Tell me again in detail, O Janārdana, of Thy power and Glory, for there is no satiety for…
• Verse 10.19 — Now will I tell thee of My heavenly Glories, in their prominence, O best of the Kurus…
• Verse 10.20 — I am the Self, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning and the…
• Verse 10.21 — Of the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu; of the radiances, the resplendent Sun; I am Marīci of the…
• Verse 10.22 — Of the Vedas I am the Sāma-Veda, I am Vāsava of the Gods, and of the senses I am the…
• Verse 10.23 — And of the Rudras I am Śaṅkara, of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas the Lord of wealth, and of the…
• Verse 10.24 — And of the household priests of kings, O son of Pṛthā, know Me the chief one, Bṛhaspati…
• Verse 10.25 — Of the Great Ṛṣis I am Bhṛgu; of words I am the one syllable 'Oṃ;' of offerings I am the…
• Verse 10.26 — Of all trees (I am) the Aśvattha, and Nārada of divine Ṛṣis, Citraratha of Gandharvas…
• Verse 10.27 — Know Me among horses as Ucchaiḥśravas, born of Amṛta, of lordly elephants the Airāvata…
• Verse 10.28 — Of weapons I am the thunderbolt, of cows I am the Kāmadhuk, I am the progenitor Kandarpa…
• Verse 10.29 — And Ananta of snakes I am, I am Varuṇa of water-beings, and Aryaman of Pitṛs I am, I am…
• Verse 10.30 — And Prahlāda am I of Diti's progeny, of reckoners I am Time, and of beasts I am the lord…
• Verse 10.31 — Of purifiers I am the wind, Rāma of warriors am I, of fishes I am the shark, of streams I…
• Verse 10.32 — Of creations I am the beginning and the middle and also the end; of all knowledges I am…
• Verse 10.33 — Of letters the letter 'A' am I, and dvandva of all compounds; I am, verily, the…
• Verse 10.34 — And I am all-seizing Death, and the prosperity of those who are to be prosperous; of the…
• Verse 10.35 — Of Sāmans also I am the Bṛhat-Sāman, of metres Gāyatrī am I, of months I am Mārgaśīrṣa…
• Verse 10.36 — I am the gambling of the fraudulent, I am the splendour of the splendid, I am victory, I…
• Verse 10.37 — Of the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva, of the Pāṇḍavas I am Dhanañjaya, and of the saints I am…
• Verse 10.38 — Of punishers I am the sceptre, of those who seek to conquer I am the polity, and of…
• Verse 10.39 — And what is the seed of all beings, that also am I, O Arjuna. There is no being, whether…
• Verse 10.40 — There is no end of My heavenly Glories, O harasser of thy foes; but the details of My…
• Verse 10.41 — Whatever being is glorious, prosperous, or strong, that know thou to be a manifestation…
• Verse 10.42 — But, of what avail to thee is this vast thing being known, O Arjuna? I stand sustaining…