Bhishma Parva

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MAHABHARATA, BOOK 06: BHISHMA PARVA

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Section 34

XXXIV Bhagavad Gita Chapter X The Holy One said, Once more still, O mighty-armed one, listen to my supernal words which, from desire of thy good, I say unto thee that wouldst be pleased therewith The hosts of gods know not my origin, nor the great Rishis, since I am, in every way, the source of the gods and the great Rishis He that knoweth me as the Supreme Lord of the worlds, without birth and beginning, he, undeluded among mortals, is free from all sins. Intelligence, knowledge, the absence of delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, and tranquillity, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, and also security, abstention from harm, evenness of mind, contentment, ascetic austerities, gift, fame, infamy, these several attributes of creatures arise from me. The Seven great Rishis, the four Maharishis before them, and the Manus, partaking of my nature, were born from my mind, of whom in this world are these offsprings He that knoweth truly this pre-eminence and mystic power of mine, becometh possessed of unswerving devotion.

Of this there is no doubt. I am the origin of all things, from me all things proceed. Thinking thus, the wise, endued with my nature, worship me Their hearts on me, their lives devoted to me, instructing one another, and gloryfying me they are ever contented and happy Unto them always devoted, and worshipping me with love, I give that devotion in the form of knowledge by which they come to me Of them, for compassion's sake. I destroy the darkness born of ignorance, by the brilliant lamp of knowledge, myself dwelling in their souls' Arjuna said, Thou art the Supreme Brahma, the Supreme Abode, the Holiest of the Holy, the eternal Male Being Divine, the First of gods Unborn, the Lord. All the Rishis proclaim thee thus, and also the celestial Rishi Narada; and Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; thyself also tellest me so. All this that thou tellest me, O Kesava, I regard as true since, O Holy One, neither the gods nor the Danavas understand thy manifestation.

Thou only knowest thyself by thyself. O Best of Male Beings. O Creator of all things; O Lord of all things, O God of gods, O Lord of the Universe, it behoveth thee to declare without any reservation, those divine perfections of thine by which perfections pervading these worlds thou abidest. How shall I, ever meditating, know thee, O thou of mystic powers, in what particular states mayst thou, O Holy One, be meditated upon by me Do thou again, O Janardana, copiously declare thy mystic powers and thy perfections, for I am never satiated with hearing thy nectar-like words The Holy One said, Well, unto thee I will declare my divine perfections, by means of the principal ones among them, O chief of the Kurus, for there is no end to the extent of my perfections I am the soul, O thou of curly hair, seated in the heart of every being, I am the beginning, and the middle, and the end also of all beings. I am Vishnu among the Adityas, the resplendent Sun among all luminous bodies; I am Marichi among the Maruts, and the Moon among constellations I am the Sama Veda among the Vedas; I am Vasava among the gods; I am the mind among the senses; I am the intellect in living beings. I am Sankara among the Rudras, the Lord of treasures among the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; I am Pavaka among the Vasus, and Meru among the peaked mountains.

Know me, O son of Pritha, to be Vrihaspati, the chief of household priests. I am Skanda among commanders of forces. I am Ocean among receptacles of water. I am Bhrigu among the great Rishis, I am the One, undestructible syllable Om among words. Of sacrifices I am the Japa-sacrifice Of immobiles I am the Himavat. I am the figtree among all trees, I am Narada among the celestial Rishis. I am Chitraratha among the Gandharvas and the ascetic Kapila among ascetics crowned with Yoga success. Know me to be Uchchaisravas among horses, brought forth by the churning for nectar, Airavata among princely elephants, and the king among men. Among weapons I am the thunderbolt, among cows I am she called Kamadhuk.

I am Kandarpa the cause of reproduction, I am Vasuki among serpents I am Ananta among Nagas, I am Varuna among acquatic beings, I am Aryaman among the Pitris, and Yama among those that judge and punish I am Prahlada among the Daityas, and Time among things that count. I am the lion among the beasts, and Vinata's son among winged creatures. Of purifiers I am the wind. I am Rama among wielders of weapons. I am the Makara among fishes, and I am Jahnavi Ganga among streams Of created things I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. I am the knowledge of Supreme Spirit among all kinds of knowledge, and the disputation among disputants Among all letters I am the letter A, and the compound called Dwanda among all compounds.

I am also Time Eternal, and I am the Ordainer with face turned on every side I am Death that seizeth all, and the source of all, that is to be. Among females, I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intelligence, Constancy, Forgiveness. Of the Sama hymns, I am the Vrihat-sama and Gayatri among metres. Of the months, I am Margasirsha, of the seasons I am that which is productive of flowers I am the game of dice of them that cheat, and the splendour of those that are splendid. I am Victory, I am Exertion, I am the goodness of the good. I am Vasudeva among the Vrishnis, I am Dhananjaya among the sons of Pandu. I am even Vyasa among the ascetics, and Usanas among seers. I am the Rod of those that chastise, I am the Policy of those that seek victory.

I am silence among those that are secret. I am the Knowledge of those that are possessed of Knowledge. That which is the Seed of all things, I am that, O Arjuna. There is nothing mobile or immobile, which can exist without me. There is no end, O chastiser of foes, of my divine perfections. This recital of the extent of those perfections hath been uttered by me by way only of instancing them. Whatever of exalted things there is or glorious, or strong, understand thou that everything is born of a portion of my energy. Or rather, what hast thou to do, by knowing all this in detail, O Arjuna? Supporting this entire universe with only a portion of myself, I stand

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