1The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty-armed, hear thou My supreme word, that, desiring thy welfare, I will declare to thee who art beloved.
Let the Yogî constantly engage himself ... on a fixed seat of his own, neither very much raised nor very low, made of a cloth, a black antelope skin, and kusha grass, one over the other. 6:10
Trivia: What are the eight things that Krishna is composed of?
10:1-42
1The Blessed Lord said: Again, O mighty-armed, hear thou My supreme word, that, desiring thy welfare, I will declare to thee who art beloved.
Krishna said,
2The multitude of the Shining Ones, or the great Rishis, know not my forthcoming, for I am the beginning of all the Shining Ones and the great Rishis.
3He who knoweth Me,unborn, beginningless, the great Lord of the world, he among mortals without delusion, is liberated from all sin.
Whoever knows me, the unborn Lord of all the world, is without delusion and is liberated from all sin.
4Reason, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure, pain, existence, non-existence, fear, and also courage
5Harmlessness, equanimity, content, austerity, almsgiving, fame and obloquy are the various characteristics of beings issuing from Me.
6The seven great Rishis, the ancient Four, and also the Manus, were born of My nature, and mind; of them this race was generated.
7He who knows in essence that sovereignty and yoga of Mine, he is harmonised by unfaltering yoga; there is no doubt thereof.
Whoever knows my yoga, is harmonized by unfaltering yoga, of which there is no doubt.
8I am the Generator of all; all evolves from Me; understanding thus, the wise adore Me in rapt emotion.
Everything comes from me, and wise people adore me with rapt emotion.
9Mindful of Me, their life hidden in Me, illumining each other, ever conversing about Me, they are content and joyful.
Mindful of me, hidden in me, talking about me, they are content and joyful.
10To these, ever harmonious, worshipping in love, I give the yoga of discrimination by which they come unto Me.
I give the yoga of discrimination to my ever-harmonious worshipers.
11Out of pure compassion for them, dwelling within their Self, I destroy the ignorance-born darkness by the shining lamp of wisdom.
Out of compassion for them, I destroy the ignorance-born darkness with the shining lamp of wisdom.
12 Arjuna said: Thou art the supreme Eternal, the supreme Abode, the supreme Purity, eternal divine man, primeval Deity, unborn, the Lord!
Arjuna said,
You're the unborn, eternal divine man!
13All the Rishis have thus acclaimed Thee, as also the divine Rishi, Nârada; so Asita, Devala, and Vyâsa; and now Thou Thyself tellest it me.
14All this I believe true that Thou sayest to me, O Keshava. Thy manifestation, O Blessed Lord, neither Shining Ones nor Dânavas comprehend.
I believe whatever you say.
15Thyself indeed knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Purushottama; Source of beings, Lord of beings, Shining One of Shining Ones, Ruler of the world!
You know yourself by yourself.
16Deign to tell without reserve of Thine own divine glories, by which glories Thou remainest, pervading these worlds.
Tell us about your divine glories.
17How may I know thee, O Yogi, by constant meditation? In what, in what aspects art Thou to be thought of by me, O blessed Lord?
18In detail tell me again of Thy yoga and glory, O Janardana; for me there is never satiety in hearing thy life-giving words.
Tell me again about your yoga and glory.
I just can't get enough of that.
19The Blessed Lord said: Blessed be thou! I will declare to thee My divine glory by its chief characteristics, O best of the Kurus; there is no end to details of Me.
Krishna said,
Sure, I'll tell you about my divine glory.
There's no end to details about me.
20I, O Gudakesha, am the Self, seated in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all beings.
I'm seated in the heart of all beings.
I'm the beginning, middle, and end of them all.
21Of the Adityas I am Vishnu; of radiances the glorious sun; I am Marîchi of the Maruts; of the asterisms the Moon am I.
I am Vishnu, with the radiance of the sun. [1]
I am Marîchi [2] of the Maruts. [3]
Of the stars, I am the moon. [4]
22Of the Vedas I am the Sâma-Veda; I am Vâsava of the Shining Ones; and of the senses I am the mind; I am of living beings the intelligence.
I am the Sâma-Veda among the Vedas. [5]
I am Vasava [6] of the Shining Ones.
I am the mind and intelligence of living beings.
23And of the Rudras Shañkara am I; Vittesha of the Yakshas and Râkshasas; and of the Vasus I am Pâvaka; Meru of high mountains am I.
I am Rudras [7].
24And know Me, O Pârtha, of household priests the chief, Brihaspati: of generals I am Skanda; of lakes I am the ocean.
25Of the great Rishis Bhrigu; of speech I am the one syllable; of sacrifices I am the sacrifice of silent repetitions; of immovable things the Himâlaya.
I am Bhrigu. [10]
I am the one syllable.
26 Asvattha of all tree; and of divine Rishis Nârada; of Gandharvas Chitraratha; of the perfected the Muni Kapila.
I am the Asvattha tree. [11]
27Uchchaishravas of horses know me, nectar-born; Airâvata of lordly elephants, and of men the Monarch.
28Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; of cows I am Kâmadhuk; I am Kandarpa of the progenitors; of serpents Vâsuki am I.
I am a cow named Kâmadhuk [14].
I am Kandarpa [15] of the progenitors.
I am the serpent Vâsuki [16].
29And I am Ananta of Nâgas, Varuna of sea-dwellers I; and of ancestors Aryaman; Yama of governors am I.
30And I am Prahlâda of Daityas; of calculators Time am I; and of wild beasts I the imperial beast; and Vainateya of birds.
31Of purifiers I am the wind; Rama of warriors I; and I am Makara of fishes; of streams the Gangâ am I.
32Of creations the beginning and the ending, and also the middle am I, O Arjuna. Of sciences the science concerning the Self; the speech of orators I.
I am the beginning, middle, and the end.
33Of letters the letter A I am, and the duality of a compound; I also everlasting Time; I the Supporter, whose face turns everywhere.
I am the letter A.
My face turns everywhere.
34And all-devouring Death am I, and the origin of all to come; and of feminine qualities, fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, constancy, forgiveness.
I am all-devouring death, and the origin of feminine qualities.
35Of hymns also Brihatsâman; Gâyatrî of metres am I; of months I am Mârgasîrsha; of seasons the flowery.
36I am the gambling of the cheat, and the splendour of splendid things I; I am victory, I am determination, and the truth of the truthful I.
I am the gambling of the cheat.
37Of the Vá¹ishnis Vâsudeva am I; of the Pândavas Dhananjaya; of the Sages also I am Vyâsa; of poets Ushanâ the Bard.
38Of rulers I am the sceptre; of those that seek victory I am statesmanship; and of secrets I am also silence; the knowledge of knowers am I.
39And whatsoever is the seed of all beings, that am I, O Arjuna; nor is there aught, moving or unmoving, that may exist bereft of Me.
40There is no end of My divine powers, O Parantapa. What has been declared is illustrative of My infinite glory.
There is no end to my divine powers.
41Whatsoever is glorious, good, beautiful, and mighty, understand thou that to go forth from a fragment of My splendour.
Whatever is glorious, good, beautiful, or mighty is nothing compared to me.
42But what is the knowledge of all these details to thee, O Arjuna? Having pervaded this whole universe with one fragment of Myself, I remain.
Vishnu is the preserver - the second person of the Hindu trinity.
Marichi is the mind-born son of the supreme being, Brahma - the first person of the Hindu trinity.
Maruts are violent storm gods, who roar like lions and have iron teeth.
Krishna is the moon "among the stars" - implying, of course, that the moon is a star.
The Sâma-Veda is one of the four Vedas, which are the oldest Hindu scriptures. .
Vasava (aka indra) is the king of the Hindu demi-gods. He rides on a white elephant named Airâvata.
Rudra is associated with the God Shiva, and sometimes is used as an alias for Shiva.
Brihaspati [aka Guru] is a Hindu fire god who advises devas.
Skanda (aka Kartikeya) is a six-headed son of Shiva.
The Asvattha (Sacred Fig Tree, Bodhi Tree, Ficus religiosa) is important to three major religions: Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
Ucchaihshrava is a seven-headed, flying horse. It knows Krishna.
Airâvata is a white, divine elephant with four trunks and seven tusks. The king of the devas, Indra, rides on him.
Kâmadhuk is a cow that lives in the sky and can give an unlimited amount of milk. Apparently, Krishna is that cow.
Kandarpa (aka Kamadeva) is the Hindu god of erotic love. He has a bow made of sugar cane and shoots flower-tipped arrows. (He is the Indian Cupid.)
Vâsuki is the serpent king who coils around the neck of Lord Shiva.
Ananta is the celestial snake, which Vishnu rides in the cosmic ocean.
Varuna is god who rides on a crocodile with a noose and a pitcher in his hands.
Aryaman is the Hindu sun god of marriage, customs, and hospitality.
Yama was the first mortal to die. After his death he was promoted to be the death God.
Prahlâda was the son of the evil king Hiranyakashipu. He was saved from his father by the man-lion avatar of Vishnu.
Vainateya (aka Garuda) is an eagle-like sun bird whose wing flapping can stop the spinning of the earh, heaven, and hell.
Rama is the incarnation of God (Vishnu).
Makara is a Hindu god that is a half terrestrial and half aquatic creature.
Vâsudeva seems to be just another name for Krishna (but I could be wrong about that).
Dhananjaya is just another name for Arjuna.
Vyâsa is the sage who supposedly wrote the Mahabharata - of which the Bhagavad Gita forms a part.
