Verse
1
Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:
Bhooya eva mahaabaaho
Shrinu me paramam vachah;
Yatte’ham preeyamaanaaya
Vakshyaami hitakaamyayaa.
The
Blessed Lord said:
Again,
O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to My supreme word which I shall declare to thee
who art beloved, for thy welfare!
Verse
2
Na me viduh suraganaah
Prabhavam na maharshayah;
Ahamaadirhi devaanaam
Maharsheenaam cha sarvashah.
Neither
the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for, in every way I
am the source of all the gods and the great sages.
Verse
3
Yo maamajamanaadim cha
Vetti lokamaheshwaram;
Asammoodhah sa martyeshu
Sarvapaapaih pramuchyate.
He
who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he,
among mortals, is undeluded; he is liberated from all sins.
Verse
4
Buddhir jnaanamasammohah kshamaa
Satyam damah shamah;
Sukham duhkham bhavo’bhaavo
Bhayam chaabhayameva cha.
Intellect,
wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain,
birth or existence, death or non-existence, fear and also fearlessness,
Verse
5
Ahimsaa samataa tushtistapo
Daanam yasho’yashah;
Bhavanti bhaavaa bhootaanaam
Matta eva prithagvidhaah.
Non-injury,
equanimity, contentment, austerity, fame, beneficence, ill-fame—(these) different
kinds of qualities of beings arise from Me alone.
Verse
6
Maharshayah sapta poorve
Chatwaaro manavastathaa;
Madbhaavaa maanasaa jaataa
Yeshaam loka imaah prajaah.
The
seven great sages, the ancient four and also the Manus, possessed of powers
like Me (on account of their minds being fixed on Me), were born of (My) mind;
from them are these creatures born in this world.
Verse
7
Etaam vibhootim yogam cha
Mama yo vetti tattwatah;
So’vikampena yogena
Yujyate naatra samshayah.
He
who in truth knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and (this) Yoga-power
of Mine, becomes established in the unshakeable Yoga; there is no doubt about
it.
Verse
8
Aham sarvasya prabhavo
Mattah sarvam pravartate;
Iti matwaa bhajante
Maam budhaa bhaavasamanvitaah.
I
am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise,
endowed with meditation, worship Me.
Verse 9
Macchittaa madgatapraanaa
Bodhayantah parasparam;
Kathayantashcha maam nityam
Tushyanti cha ramanti cha.
With
their minds and lives entirely absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and
always speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted.
Verse
10
Teshaam satatayuktaanaam
Bhajataam preetipoorvakam;
Dadaami buddhiyogam
Tam yena maamupayaanti te.
To
them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the Yoga of discrimination
by which they come to Me.
Verse
11
Teshaam evaanukampaartham
Aham ajnaanajam tamah;
Naashayaamyaatmabhaavastho
Jnaanadeepena bhaaswataa.
Out
of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their Self, destroy the
darkness born of ignorance by the luminous lamp of knowledge.
Verse
12
Arjuna Uvaacha:
Param brahma param dhaama
Pavitram paramam bhavaan;
Purusham shaashvatam divyam
Aadidevamajam vibhum.
Arjuna
said:
Thou
art the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode (or the supreme light), the supreme purifier,
the eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn and omnipresent.
Verse
13
Aahustwaam rishayah sarve Devarshirnaaradastathaa;
Asito devalo vyaasah
Swayam chaiva braveeshi me.
All
the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also
Asita, Devala and Vyasa; and now Thou Thyself sayest so to me.
Verse
14
Sarvametadritam manye
Yanmaam vadasi keshava;
Na hi te bhagavan vyaktim
Vidurdevaa na daanavaah.
I
believe all this that Thou sayest to me as true, O Krishna! Verily, O blessed
Lord, neither the gods nor the demons know Thy manifestation (origin)!
Continued...
Love.
