Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 22

वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः । इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना

vedānāṃ sāmavedo'smi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ | indriyāṇāṃ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā

Translation

Of the Vedas I am the Sāma-Veda, I am Vāsava of the Gods, and of the senses I am the mind, I am the intelligence in living beings.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

vedānām

of the Vedas

sāmavedaḥ

the Sāmaveda

asmi

(I) am

devānām

of the gods

asmi

(I) am

vāsavaḥ

Vāsava

indriyāṇām

of the senses

manaḥ

the mind

ca

and

asmi

(I) am

bhūtānām

of beings

asmi

(I) am

cetanā

intelligence

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Gods: such as the Rudras and the Ādityas. Vāsava: i.e., Indra. Of the eleven senses I am the mind. Chetana, sentiency or intelligence, is that state of the intellect (buddhi) which manifests itself in the aggregate of the body and the senses.