Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 2

न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः । अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः

na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ | ahamādirhi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

Translation

Neither the hosts of the Gods nor the Great Ṛṣis know my origin; for I am the source of all the Gods and the Great Ṛṣis.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

na

not

me

my

viduḥ

know

suragaṇāḥ

of the gods, the hosts

prabhavam

origin

na

not

maharṣayaḥ

great rishis

aham

I

ādiḥ

the beginning

hi

indeed

devānām

of the gods

maharṣīṇām

of the great rishis

ca

and

sarvaśaḥ

everywhere

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Prabhava (interpreted as origin) may also mean "Great Lordly Power." Ṛṣis: such as Bhṛgu.