Chapter 10 · opening

The Yoga of Divine Manifestations

Vibhūti Yoga

  1. 10.1 Again, O mighty-armed — hear My supreme word: I speak it to you who love Me, out of desire for your welfare.
  2. 10.2 Neither the gods nor the great sages know My origin — for I am the source of them all, in every way.
  3. 10.3 Who knows Me as unborn, beginningless, Great Lord of worlds — that one is undeluded among mortals, freed from all sin.
  4. 10.4 Intellect, wisdom, patience, truth, calm, restraint, joy, pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness — all arise from Me.
  5. 10.5 Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and infamy — these varied states arise from Me alone.
  6. 10.6 The seven great sages and ancient Manus were born of My mind — from them arose all creatures in the world.
  7. 10.7 Who truly knows My vibhūtis and yoga-power becomes united in unshakeable yoga — of this there is no doubt.
  8. 10.8 ★ I am the origin of all; from Me all evolves — knowing this, the wise worship Me with loving devotion.
  9. 10.9 Mind on Me, life surrendered to Me — awakening each other, always speaking of Me — they are content and rejoice.
  10. 10.10 To those ever-steadfast who worship Me with love — I give that yoga of wisdom by which they come to Me.
  11. 10.11 Out of compassion, I dwell in their hearts and destroy the darkness of ignorance with the luminous lamp of wisdom.
  12. 10.12 You are Parabrahm — supreme abode, great purifier, eternal, divine, unborn, all-pervading — the Primordial God!
  13. 10.13 All the sages declare it — Nārada, Asita, Devala, Vyāsa — and You Yourself say it to me now.
  14. 10.14 I hold all You have told me as true, O Keśava — neither gods nor demons know Your manifestation.
  15. 10.15 You alone know Yourself by Yourself, O Puruṣottama, Maker of beings, God of Gods — tell me Your vibhūtis.
  16. 10.16 Declare fully Your divine attributes by which You pervade and sustain all these worlds, O Bhagavān.
  17. 10.17 How shall I always meditate on You, O Yogin — in what manifestations should I think of You, O Bhagavān?
  18. 10.18 Tell me again in full of Your yoga and vibhūtis, O Janārdana — I am never sated hearing Your nectar-speech.
  19. 10.19 I shall tell you My foremost divine manifestations, O best of Kurus — My nature's extent is without end.
  20. 10.20 ★ I am the ātman, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of all beings — their beginning, middle, and end.
  21. 10.21 Of the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu; among lights the radiant sun; among Maruts, Marīci; among stars, the moon.
  22. 10.22 Among Vedas I am Sāma Veda; among gods, Indra; among senses, the mind; in living beings, consciousness.
  23. 10.23 Among Rudras I am Śaṃkara, among Yakṣas Kubera, among Vasus Pāvaka — and of mountains, Meru.
  24. 10.24 Among priests know Me as Bṛhaspati; among generals I am Skanda — and among waters, the ocean.
  25. 10.25 Among great sages I am Bhṛgu; among words, OM; among yajñas, japa; among immovable heights, the Himālaya.
  26. 10.26 Among all trees I am the Aśvattha; among divine sages, Nārada; among Gandharvas, Citraratha; among siddhas, Kapila.
  27. 10.27 Among horses I am Uccaiḥśravas born of nectar; among elephants, Airāvata; and among humans, the king.
  28. 10.28 Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows, Kāmadhuk; among progenitors, Kāmadeva; among serpents, Vāsuki.
  29. 10.29 Among Nāgas I am Ananta; among water-beings, Varuṇa; among the ancestors, Aryamā; among those who judge, Yama.
  30. 10.30 Among Daityas I am Prahlāda; among measurers, Time; among beasts, the lion; and among birds, Garuḍa.
  31. 10.31 Of purifiers I am the wind; among warriors, Rāma; among fish, the shark; among rivers, the Gaṅgā.
  32. 10.32 Of manifestations, the beginning, middle, and end; of knowledge, Self-knowledge; of disputants, Vāda.
  33. 10.33 Among letters I am A; among compounds, the dvandva; I am inexhaustible Time; the all-facing Sustainer.
  34. 10.34 I am all-seizing Death, and the birth of those to come; among feminine: Fame, Prosperity, Speech, Memory, Forbearance.
  35. 10.35 Among Sāma hymns, the Bṛhat-Sāman; among metres, Gāyatrī; among months, Mārgaśīrṣa; among seasons, spring.
  36. 10.36 I am the gambling of the fraudulent and the power of the powerful; victory, effort, and the sattva of the sattvika.
  37. 10.37 Among the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva; among the Pāṇḍavas, Dhanañjaya; among munis, Vyāsa; among seer-poets, Uśanas.
  38. 10.38 Among rulers the rod; among conquerors, policy; among secrets, silence; and I am the knowledge of knowers.
  39. 10.39 I am the seed of all beings, O Arjuna — there is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me.
  40. 10.40 There is no end to My divine vibhūtis, O scorcher of foes — what I have told you is but a sample of My infinite extent.
  41. 10.41 ☆ Whatever being has excellence, prosperity, or power — know it as born from a fragment of My splendor.
  42. 10.42 ★ But why such detail, O Arjuna? With a single fragment of Myself I establish and uphold this entire universe.