Bhagwad Gita - Post 115

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)!

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Love.