Bhagavad Gita 7.10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥
bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha
sanātanam buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham
Sanskrit recitation
The divine inside ordinary nature · 7.1–7.14 · Teaching
Translation
Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the splendour of the splendid objects.
Hindi translation
हे पृथानन्दन ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका अनादि बीज मुझे जान। बुद्धिमानोंमें बुद्धि और तेजस्वियोंमें तेज मैं हूँ।
Meaning
Seed means cause.Tejas also means heroism or bravery.Had Arjuna asked, Who is the seed for Thee, the Lord would have replied, There is no seed for Me. There is no cause for Me. I am the source of everything. I am the causeless Cause. I am the primeval Being.
After Swami Sivananda
The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 7.1The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with…
- 7.2I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing…
- 7.3Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those…
- 7.4Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided…
- 7.5O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher…
- 7.6Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of…
- 7.7There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems…
- 7.8I am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the…
- 7.9I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all…
7.10Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the…
- 7.11Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am…
- 7.12Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed…
- 7.13Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does…
- 7.14Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to…
Word-by-word→
- aham
- I
- asmi
- (I) am
- mām
- me
- bījam
- the seed
- viddhi
- know
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- tejaḥ
- splendor
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- sanātanam
- the eternal
- tejasvinām
- of the splendid
- buddhi-matām
- of the intelligent
- sarva-bhūtānām
- of all beings
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