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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
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

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.
  5. 10·1–42Show all 42 verses

The verses

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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…

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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