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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

Recitations

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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

Showing verses 9–11 of 42 · Show all 42 verses

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…

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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