Chapter 10
Vibhūti-Yoga
Shlok 10.1
Shrī Bhagwān said
भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः।
यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया॥
bhūya eva mahābāho shruṇu me paramam vachaha;
yatte’ham prīyamāṇāya vakshyāmi hitakāmyayā.
O Arjun! With a desire to benefit you, I will repeatedly reveal my supreme words to you, who is pleased to hear them. Listen.
Shlok 10.2
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।
अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः॥
na me viduh suragaṇāh prabhavam na maharshayaha;
ahamādirhi devānām maharshīṇām cha sarvashaha.
The gods and great sages do not realize my magnificence because I am, in all ways, the eternal cause of the gods and great sages.
Shlok 10.3
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्।
असंमूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥
yo māmajamanādim cha vetti lokamaheshwaram;
asammūḍhah sa martyeshu sarvapāpaih pramuchyate.
One who knows me as unborn, eternal, and the world’s sovereign, they amongst mortals are without delusion and are freed from all wrongdoing.
Shlok 10.4-5
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।
सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाऽभयमेव च॥
buddhirjnānamasammohah kshamā satyam damah shamaha;
sukham duhkham bhavo’bhāvo bhayam chā’bhayameva cha.
अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः।
भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः॥
ahinsā samatā tushṭistapo dānam yasho’yashaha;
bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānām matta eva pruthagvidhāhā.
Intellect, knowledge, disillusionment, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, reign over the mind, pleasure, pain, creation, nonexistence, fear, fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy—these different states of beings are caused only by me.
Shlok 10.6
महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा।
मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः॥
maharshayah sapta pūrve chatvāro manavastathā;
madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeshām loka imāh prajāhā.
In the past, the seven great sages, who were born from Brahmā’s mind, and the four manus,[65] from whom these beings of the world are born, originated from me.
Shlok 10.7
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।
सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नाऽत्र संशयः॥
etām vibhūtim yogam cha mama yo vetti tattvataha;
so’vikampena yogena yujyate nā’tra sanshayaha.
One who thoroughly realizes this magnificence of mine and my yoga comes to possess unwavering yoga. There is no doubt about this.
Shlok 10.8
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः॥
aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate;
iti matvā bhajante mām budhā bhāvasamanvitāhā.
I am the creator of all things, and all things proceed by my wishes. Knowing me in this way, the wise offer worship to me with devotion.
Shlok 10.9
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।
कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च॥
machchittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantah parasparam;
kathayantashcha mām nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha.
Devotees who are engrossed in me, have offered their life to me, enlighten each other, and always conduct discourses become content and joyful.
Shlok 10.10
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।
ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते॥
teshām satatayuktānām bhajatām prītipūrvakam;
dadāmi buddhiyogam tam yena māmupayānti te.
To those who worship me with affection and are always joined with me, I bestow to them buddhi-yoga[66]—that by which they attain me.
Shlok 10.11
तेषामेवाऽनुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।
नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता॥
teshāmevā’nukampārthamahamajnānajam tamaha;
nāshayāmyātmabhāvastho jnānadīpena bhāswatā.
Only out of compassion towards them, I, who reside within ātmabhāv,[67] destroy the darkness born from ignorance by the brilliant light of knowledge.
Shlok 10.12
Arjun said
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्॥
param brahma param dhāma pavitram paramam bhavān;
purusham shāshwatam divyamādidevamajam vibhum.
You are the one that the scriptures describe as Parabrahma, the supreme refuge, the purest, eternal, divine, the God of gods, unborn, and pervasive.
Shlok 10.13
आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा।
असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे॥
āhustvāmrushayah sarve devarshirnāradastathā;
asito devalo vyāsah swayam chaiva bravīshi me.
All the rishis, Nārada—the rishi of the gods—Asit, Deval, and Vyās proclaim your glory, and you yourself are revealing your glory to me.
Shlok 10.14
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव।
न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः॥
sarvametadrutam manye yanmām vadasi keshava;
na hi te bhagavanvyaktim vidurdevā na dānavāhā.
O Keshav! I believe all of this you are telling me is true. Bhagwān! Even the deities and demons do not know your manifest form.
Shlok 10.15
स्वयमेवाऽऽत्मनाऽऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम।
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते॥
swayamevā’’tmanā’’tmānam vettha tvam purushottama;
bhūtabhāvana bhūtesha devadeva jagatpate.
O Purushottam! The source of beings! The controller of beings! The God of gods! The sustainer of the world (Krishna)! Only you yourself know your own form.
Shlok 10.16
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।
याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि॥
vaktumarhasyashesheṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaha;
yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimānstvam vyāpya tishṭhasi.
Your vibhūtis[68] by which you pervade this world are truly divine. Only you can fully reveal them.
Shlok 10.17
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।
केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया॥
katham vidyāmaham yoginstvām sadā parichintayan;
keshu keshu cha bhāveshu chintyo’si bhagavanmayā.
O Sovereign of yoga (Krishna)! How may I, who constantly remember you, know you? And Bhagwān! Which of your forms should I reflect upon?
Shlok 10.18
विस्तरेणाऽऽत्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्॥
vistareṇā’’tmano yogam vibhūtim cha janārdana;
bhūyah kathaya truptirhi shruṇvato nāsti me’mrutam.
O Krishna! Repeatedly reveal your yoga and vibhūti to mein detail because I am never fully satisfied by listening to your nectar-like words.
Shlok 10.19
Shrī Bhagwān said
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।
प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे॥
hanta te kathayishyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaha;
prādhānyatah kurushreshṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me.
O Greatest among the Kurus (Arjun)! I will certainly reveal to you my principal divine vibhūtis since there is no end to my extent.
Shlok 10.20
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।
अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च॥
Ahamātmā guḍākesha sarvabhūtāshayasthitaha;
ahamādishcha madhyam cha bhūtānāmanta eva cha.
O Arjun! I am the ātmā who resides in the heart of all beings. And only I am the beginning, middle, and end of beings.
Shlok 10.21
आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान्।
मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी॥
ādityānāmaham vishṇurjyotishām raviranshumān;
marīchirmarutāmasmi nakshatrāṇāmaham shashī.
I am Vishnu among the Ādityas, the radiant sun among the luminaries, Marīchi among the winds, and the moon among the constellations.
Shlok 10.22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चाऽस्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना॥
vedānām sāmavedo’smi devānāmasmi vāsavaha;
indriyāṇām manashchā’smi bhūtānāmasmi chetanā.
I am the Sāmaveda among the Vedas, Indra among the gods, the mind among the senses, and consciousness among beings.
Shlok 10.23
रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चाऽस्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम्।
वसूनां पावकश्चाऽस्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम्॥
rudrāṇām shankarashchā’smi vittesho yaksharakshasām;
vasūnām pāvakashchā’smi meruh shikhariṇāmaham.
I am Shankar among the Rudras, Kuber among the Yaksha demons, Pāvak among the Vasus, and Meru among the mountains.
Shlok 10.24
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्।
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः॥
purodhasām cha mukhyam mām viddhi pārtha bruhaspatim;
senānīnāmaham skandah sarasāmasmi sāgaraha.
O Arjun! Know me as Bruhaspati, the chief among the priests of ritual performance. I am Kārtikeya among the generals and the ocean among the bodies of water.
Shlok 10.25
महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्।
यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः॥
maharshīṇām bhruguraham girāmasmyekamaksharam;
yajnānām japayajno’smi sthāvarāṇām himālayaha.
I (am) Bhrugu among the great rishis and the single syllable ‘Aum’ among the words. I am jap-yagna[69] among the yagna[70] and the Himalayas among the unmoving.
Shlok 10.26
अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः।
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः॥
ashwatthah sarvavrukshāṇām devarshīṇām cha nāradaha;
gandharvāṇām chitrarathah siddhānām kapilo munihi.
I am the pīpal tree among all the trees, Nārad among the rishis of the gods, Chitrarath among the Gandharvas,[71] and the sage Kapil among the realized.
Shlok 10.27
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।
ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्॥
uchchaihshravasamashwānām viddhi māmamrutodbhavam;
airāvatam gajendrāṇām narāṇām cha narādhipam.
Know me among the horses as Uchchaishravas, who was born along with nectar; Airāvat among the elephants; and the King among men.
Shlok 10.28
आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्।
प्रजनश्चाऽस्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः॥
āyudhānāmaham vajram dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk;
prajanashchā’smi kandarpah sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukihi.
I am Vajra among weapons and Kāmdhughā among cows. I am Kām, the progenitor. Among serpents, I am Vāsuki.
Shlok 10.29
अनन्तश्चाऽस्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्।
पितॄणामर्यमा चाऽस्मि यमः संयमतामहम्॥
anantashchā’smi nāgānām varuṇo yādasāmaham;
pitrūṇāmaryamā chā’smi yamah sanyamatāmaham.
I am Sheshanāg among the Nāgs, and Varun, the sovereign of the beings of water. I am Aryamā among the ancestors and Yam among the austere.
Shlok 10.30
प्रह्लादश्चाऽस्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम्।
मृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम्॥
prahlādashchā’smi daityānām kālah kalayatāmaham;
mrugāṇām cha mrugendro’ham vainateyashcha pakshiṇām.
I am Prahlād among the demons and time among those who count. I am the lion among animals and Garud among the birds.
Shlok 10.31
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।
झषाणां मकरश्चाऽस्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी॥
pavanah pavatāmasmi rāmah shastrabhrutāmaham;
jhashāṇām makarashchā’smi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī.
I am the wind among those that purify and Rām among those who wield weapons. I am the crocodile among the large water creatures and Gangā among the rivers.
Shlok 10.32
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाऽहमर्जुन।
अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम्॥
sargāṇāmādirantashcha madhyam chaivā’hamarjuna;
adhyātmavidyā vidyānām vādah pravadatāmaham.
O Arjun! Only I am the beginning, middle, and end of creation. I am adhyātmavidyā[72] among the different types of knowledge and reason of those who converse.
Shlok 10.33
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च।
अहमेवाऽक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः॥
aksharāṇāmakāro’smi dvandvah sāmāsikasya cha;
ahamevā’kshayah kālo dhātā’ham vishwatomukhaha.
I am the letter ‘A’ among the letters and the dvandva[73] among the compounds. Only I am the imperishable time. I am the Vidhātā—the bestower of fruits—who possesses faces on all sides.
Shlok 10.34
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाऽहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।
कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्चनारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा॥
mrutyuh sarvaharashchā’hamudbhavashcha bhavishyatām;
kīrtih shrīrvākchanārīṇām smrutirmedhā dhrutih kshamā.
I am the all-devouring death and the creation of those who are born. Among the feminine, I am fame, wealth, speech, remembrance, intelligence, patience, and forgiveness.
Shlok 10.35
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।
मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः॥
bruhatsāma tathā sāmnām gāyatrī chhandasāmaham;
māsānām mārgashīrsho’hamrutūnām kusumākaraha.
I am Bruhatsām among the Sāmveda shrutis and Gāyatrī among the meters. Among the months, I am the Mārgashīrsh, and among the seasons, I am Vasant.
Shlok 10.36
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।
जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम्॥
dyūtam chhalayatāmasmi tejastejaswināmaham;
jayo’smi vyavasāyo’smi sattvam sattvavatāmaham.
I am the gamble amongst the deceitful and the brilliance of the brilliant. I am the victory of the victorious and the commerce of those who transact. I am the sat[74] of the illustrious.
Shlok 10.37
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः।
मुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः॥
vrushṇīnām vāsudevo’smi pāṇḍavānām dhananjayaha;
munīnāmapyaham vyāsah kavīnāmushanākavihi.
I am Vāsudev among the lineage of Vrushnīs and Arjun among the Pāndavs. I am Vyās amongst the sages; I am also Shukrāchārya among the poets.
Shlok 10.38
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्।
मौनं चैवाऽस्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्॥
daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīshatām;
maunam chaivā’smi guhyānām jnānam jnānavatāmaham.
I am the staff of those who punish and the strategy of those who desire victory. I am silence, the preserver of secrets, and only I am the wisdom of the wise.
Shlok 10.39
यच्चाऽपि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन।
न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्॥
yachchā’pi sarvabhūtānām bījam tadahamarjuna;
na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtam charācharam.
O Arjun! Whatever is the cause of all beings, I am also that. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that is without me.
Shlok 10.40
नाऽन्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप।
एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया॥
nā’nto’sti mama divyānām vibhūtīnām parantapa;
esha tūddeshatah prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā.
O Arjun! There is no end to my divine vibhūtis. I have briefly revealed the vibhūtis to this extent.
Shlok 10.41
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।
तत्तदेवाऽवगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम्॥
yadyadvibhūtimatsattvam shrīmadūrjitameva vā;
tattadevā’vagachchha tvam mama tejon’shasambhavam.
Whatever is with magnificence, splendor, and strength, know it to be only created from a part of my brilliance.
Shlok 10.42
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवाऽर्जुन।
विष्टभ्याऽहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्॥
athavā bahunaitena kim jnātena tavā’rjuna;
vishṭabhyā’hamidam krutsnamekānshena sthito jagat.
But Arjun! What do you want to achieve by knowing more? I uphold this entire world with only a fraction of myself.
॥इति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे
श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे विभूतियोगो नाम दशमोऽध्यायः॥
iti shrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpanishatsu brahmavidyāyām yogashāstre shrīkrushṇārjunasamvāde
vibhūtiyogo nāma dashamo’dhyāyaha
In this way, within the Upanishad-like Shrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā, which is brahmavidyā and a sacred text on yoga, and in the dialogue between Shrī Krishna and Arjun, this concludes the tenth chapter titled “Vibhūti-yoga.”