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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.12

Arjuna accepts and asks to hear more

अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् ।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥ १२ ॥

आहुस्त्वामृषय: सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा ।

असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥ १३ ॥

arjuna uvāca

paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma

pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān

puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam

ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum

āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve

devarṣir nāradas tathā

asito devalo vyāsaḥ

svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me

Translation

Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.

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Kṛṣṇa Is the Supreme Truth

  1. 1Arjuna declares that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, and the eternal, unborn person.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa is different from the individual soul. Everyone depends on Him, and only devotional service enables us to understand Him.
  3. 3Practice remembering Kṛṣṇa as a form of devotional service, and accept Arjuna’s statements to understand Bhagavad-gītā.

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Chapter 10, The Opulence of the Absolute: arjuna accepts and asks to hear more.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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Practice

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Related verses

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BG 10.13Arjuna accepts and asks to hear moreBG 10.14Arjuna accepts and asks to hear moreBG 1.28Compassion entangled with attachmentBG 1.46The bow falls

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