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अथ दशमोऽध्यायः

विभूतियोगः

The Yoga of Vibhuti (Divine Manifestation)

Vibhūti-yoga

To the heart that has begun to take delight in him the Beloved speaks his supreme word, and the whole world becomes the shining of a hidden Face. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
matparāyaṇaḥ — the whole being turned to the Divine as its one supreme goal
and is led towards
vibhūti — the Godhead seen in every power of his becoming
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In this chapter

42 verses

Summary of chapter 10

I. The Supreme Word of the Gita (1-11)

The divine Avatar declares. in a brief reiteration of the upshot of all that he has been saying, that this and no other is his supreme word.

II. God in Power of Becoming (12-42)

This section enumerates examples of Vibhutis or forms in which the Divine manifests its power in the world. it leads up to the vision of the World-Purusha in the next chapter.

Chapter 10 illustration, titled विभूतियोगः
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Chapter outline

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  1. 10·1–8God in the Becoming.
  2. 10·9–11The great souls with Knowledge and Love.
  3. 10·12–18Arjuna's seeking to comprehend the Divine.
  4. 10·19–42Shri Krishna's statement of His vibhotis.
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The verses

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 10·1, a key verseभूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः । यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया ॥ १ ॥bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ, yatte’haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā.Again, O mighty-armed, hearken to my supreme word, that I will speak to thee from my will for thy soul’s good…
  2. 10·2न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः । अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः ॥ २ ॥na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṁ na maharṣayaḥ, ahamādirhi devānāṁ maharṣīṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ.Neither the gods nor the great Rishis know any birth of Me, for I am altogether and in every way the origin of…
  3. 10·3यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् । असंमूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥yo māmajamanādiṁ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram, asaṁmūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate.Whosoever knows Me as the Unborn, without origin, mighty Lord of the worlds and peoples, lives unbewildered…
  4. 10·4बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः । सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च ॥ ४ ॥buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ, sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo’bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca.Understanding and knowledge and freedom from the bewilderment of the Ignorance, forgiveness and truth and…
  5. 10·5अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः । भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ॥ ५ ॥ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo’yaśaḥ, bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ.Glory and ingloriousness, non-injuring and equality, contentment and austerity and giving, all here in their…
  6. 10·6महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा । मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥ ६ ॥maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā, madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ.The great Rishis, the seven Ancients of the worlds, and also the four Manus, are my mental becomings…
  7. 10·7एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः । सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ॥ ७ ॥etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ, so’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṁśayaḥ.Whosoever knows in its right principles this my pervading lordship and this my Yoga, unites himself to me by…
  8. 10·8, a key verseअहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते । इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ॥ ८ ॥ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate, iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ.I am the birth of everything and from Me all proceeds into development of action and movement…
  9. 10·9मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् । कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥ ९ ॥maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam, kathayantaśca māṁ nityaṁ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca.Their consciousness full of Me, their life wholly given up to Me, illumining each other, mutually talking…
  10. 10·10, a key verseतेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् । ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ॥ १० ॥teṣāṁ satatayuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prītipūrvakam, dadāmi buddhiyogaṁ taṁ yena māmupayānti te.To these who are thus in a constant union with Me, and adore Me with an intense delight of love, I give the…
  11. 10·11, a key verseतेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः । नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ॥ ११ ॥teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṁ tamaḥ, nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā.Out of compassion for them, I, lodged in their self, lift the blazing lamp of knowledge and destroy the…

Arjuna uvācaअर्जुन उवाच

  1. 10·12परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् । पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥ १२ ॥paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān, puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyamādidevamajaṁ vibhum.Thou art the supreme Brahman, the supreme Abode, the supreme Purity, the one Permanent, the divine Purusha…
  2. 10·13आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा । असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥ १३ ॥āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣirnāradastathā, asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me.All the Rishis, the divine seer Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa say this of Thee…
  3. 10·14सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव । न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः ॥ १४ ॥sarvametadṛtaṁ manye yanmāṁ vadasi keśava, na hi te bhagavanvyaktiṁ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ.All this that Thou sayest, my mind holds for the truth, O Keshava.
  4. 10·15स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम । भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥ १५ ॥svayamevātmanātmānaṁ vettha tvaṁ puruṣottama, bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate.Thou alone knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Purushottama; Source of beings, Lord of beings, God of gods, Master…
  5. 10·16वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः । याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥ १६ ॥vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ, yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṁstvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi.Thou shouldst tell me of Thy divine self-manifestations, all without exception, Thy Vibhutis by which Thou…
  6. 10·17कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् । केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥ १७ ॥kathaṁ vidyāmahaṁ yogiṁstvāṁ sadā paricintayan, keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo’si bhagavanmayā.How shall I know Thee, O Yogin, by thinking of Thee everywhere at all moments and in what pre-eminent…
  7. 10·18विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन । भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥ १८ ॥vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana, bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam.In detail tell me of Thy Yoga and Vibhuti, O Janardana; and tell me ever more of it…

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 10·19हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः । प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ॥ १९ ॥hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ, prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me.Yes, I will tell thee of my divine Vibhutis, but only in some of My principal pre-eminences, O best of the…
  2. 10·20, a key verseअहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः । अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥ २० ॥ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ, ahamādiśca madhyaṁ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca.I, O Gudakesha, am the Self, which abides within all beings.
  3. 10·21आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् । मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥ २१ ॥ādityānāmahaṁ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṁ raviraṁśumān, marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṁ śaśī.Among the Adityas I am Vishnu; among lights and splendours I am the radiant Sun; I am Marichi among the Maruts…
  4. 10·22वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः । इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥ २२ ॥vedānāṁ sāmavedo’smi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ, indriyāṇāṁ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā.Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods I am Vasava; I am mind among the senses…
  5. 10·23रुद्राणां शंकरश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् । वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥ २३ ॥rudrāṇāṁ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām, vasūnāṁ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham.I am Shiva among the Rudras, the lord of wealth among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, Agni among the Vasus…
  6. 10·24पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् । सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥ २४ ॥purodhasāṁ ca mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim, senānīnāmahaṁ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ.And know Me, O Partha, of the high priests of the world the chief, Brihaspati…
  7. 10·25महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् । यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥ २५ ॥maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgurahaṁ girāmasmyekamakṣaram, yajñānāṁ japayajño’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ.I am Bhrigu among the great Rishis; I am the sacred syllable OM among words…
  8. 10·26अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः । गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥ २६ ॥aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṁ devarṣīṇāṁ ca nāradaḥ, gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ.I am the Ashwattha among all plants and trees; and I am Narada among the divine sages, Chitraratha among the…
  9. 10·27उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् । ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥ २७ ॥uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṁ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam, airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam.Uchchaisravas among horses know me, nectar-born; Airavata among lordly elephants…
  10. 10·28आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् । प्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥ २८ ॥āyudhānāmahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk, prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ.Among weapons I am the divine thunderbolt; I am Kamadhuk the cow of plenty among cattle, I am Kandarpa the…
  11. 10·29अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् । पितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ॥ २९ ॥anantaścāsmi nāgānāṃ varuṇo yādasāmaham, pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṃyamatāmaham.And I am Ananta among the Nagas, Varuna among the peoples of the sea, Aryaman among the Fathers, Yama (lord of…
  12. 10·30प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् । मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ॥ ३० ॥prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham, mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro’haṁ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām.And I am Prahlada among the Titans; I am Time the head of all reckoning to those who reckon and measure…
  13. 10·31पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् । झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥ ३१ ॥pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham, jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī.I am the wind among purifiers; I am Rama among warriors; and I am the alligator among fishes…
  14. 10·32सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन । अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ॥ ३२ ॥sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṁ caivāhamarjuna, adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṁ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham.Of creation I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna, I am spiritual knowledge among the…
  15. 10·33अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च । अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥ ३३ ॥akṣarāṇāmakāro’smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca, ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātā’haṁ viśvatomukhaḥ.I am the letter A among letters, the dual among compounds. I am imperishable Time…
  16. 10·34मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् । कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ॥ ३४ ॥mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām, kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṁ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā.And I am all-snatching Death, and I am too the birth of all that shall come into being.
  17. 10·35बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् । मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥ ३५ ॥bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṁ gāyatrī chandasāmaham, māsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo’hamṛtūnāṁ kusumākaraḥ.I am also the great Sama among mantras, the Gayatri among metres…
  18. 10·36द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् । जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ॥ ३६ ॥dyūtaṁ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham, jayo’smi vyavasāyo’smi sattvaṁ sattvavatāmaham.I am the gambling of the cunning, and the strength of the mighty; I am resolution and perseverance and victory…
  19. 10·37वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः । मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥ ३७ ॥vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo’smi pāṇḍavānāṁ dhanañjayaḥ, munīnāmapyahaṁ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ.I am Krishna among the Vrishnis, Arjuna among the Pandavas; I am Vyasa among the sages…
  20. 10·38दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् । मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥ ३८ ॥daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām, maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatāmaham.I am the mastery and power of all who rule and tame and vanquish and the policy of all who succeed and conquer…
  21. 10·39यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन । न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ॥ ३९ ॥yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tadahamarjuna, na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṁ carācaram.And whatsoever is the seed of all existences, that am I, O Arjuna…
  22. 10·40नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप । एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ॥ ४० ॥nānto’sti mama divyānāṁ vibhūtīnāṁ parantapa, eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā.There is no numbering or limit to My divine Vibhutis, O Parantapa…
  23. 10·41यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा । तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम्‌ ॥ ४१ ॥yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṁ śrīmadūrjitameva vā, tattadevāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo’ṁśasaṁbhavam.Whatever beautiful and glorious creature thou seest in the world, whatever being is mighty and forceful (among…
  24. 10·42, a key verseअथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन । विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ॥ ४२ ॥athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna, viṣṭabhyāhamidaṁ kṛtsnamekāṁśena sthito jagat.But what need is there of a multitude of details for this knowledge, O Arjuna?

End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेविभूतियोगो नाम दशमोऽध्यायः ॥ १०॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādevibhūtiyogo nāma daśamo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the tenth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Divine in the Becoming”

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