Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10: The Yog of Divine Splendour

<p>“Here I reveal Myself to you, My beloved friend Arjuna,” says Krishna as he turned the limelight on Himself.</p> <p>“I am the source of even Gods and seers but My origin, no one knows! Only those free of illusions and evil know me as the Supreme Universal Lord, unborn and beginning-less. All unique human attributes like the mind, intellect, truthfulness, contentment, courage, birth-death, joy-sorrow etc., arise in me. And from My mind were born sages, saints, and Manus, from whom all others evolved.  </p> <p>Through Bhakti Yoga, the wise surrender and unite with Me, the origin of all creation, with loving devotion and faith. And I dwell in their hearts, destroy ignorance, and bestow the divine knowledge to attain me.”</p> <p>Understanding Krishna as the Supreme Divine Personality, Arjuna acknowledged the Lord’s all-pervasive greatness and requested Him to tell him about his glories and manifestations. And Krishna continued.</p> <p>“I remain the beginning-middle-end of all beings, in whose hearts I reside, and in every category of beings and things, I reign as the greatest and the best!        </p> <p>Among Aditi’s sons, I am Vishnu; among the luminous, the Sun; among stars, the Moon; among Vedas, the Samaveda; and among lives, the consciousness.” Proceeding further, Krishna narrated what pride of place he occupied among – the Rudras, demons, mountains, rivers, priests, warriors, archers, water bodies, sages, seers, chants, science, immovable things, trees, celestials, humans, animals, birds, elephants, horses, cows, serpents, weapons, ancestors, law-dispensers and the like.</p> <p>“Also, I am Brahma among creators, endless time among controls, Margsheersh among months, Gayatri among poetic meters, spring among seasons, virtue in the virtuous, wisdom in the wise, silence among secrets, all-encompassing death, origin of things yet-to-be, and all noble qualities. And among the Vrishnis, I am Krishna, and Oh Arjuna, among the Pandavas, I remain Arjun!</p> <p>I am the seed that sprouts as living beings, and nothing