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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Listen again O mighty armed Arjuna. Because you are My dear friend for your benefit I shall speak to you further giving knowledge that is better than what I have already explained.
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Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages.
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He who knows Me as the unborn as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of al the worlds-he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.
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Intelligence, knowledge,freedom form doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, control of the mind, happines and distressm birth death, fear fearlessness nonviolence, equanimity satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy-all thse various qualities of living beings are created by Me alone.
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The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind]come from Me, born from My mind, and all the beings populating the various planets descend from them.
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One who is factually convinced of this opulence and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotinal servcie; of this there is no doubt.
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I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds, Everything emanates from Me. The wise perfecly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.
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The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My servive, and they derive great satisfaction and bliess from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me.
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To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.
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To show them special mercy, I dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.
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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 Narada, Asita, Devala and Vysa confirm this truth about You and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.
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O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord can understand Your personality.
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Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the unverse!
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Please tell me in detail of Your devine opulence by which You pervade all these worlds.
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O Krsna, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme Personality of Godhead?
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O Janaradana, again please describe in detail the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated in hearing about You, for the more I hear more I want to taste the nectar of Your words.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are prominet, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless.
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I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.
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Of the Adityas I am Visnu of lights. I am the rediant sun, of the Maruts I am marict, and among the stars I am the moon.
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Of the Vedas I am the Sama Veda; of the demigods I am Indra, the king of heaven; of the senses I am the mind; and in living beings I am the living force[consciousness].
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Of all the Rudras I am Lord Siva, of the Yaksas and Raksasas I am the Lord of wealth [Kurvera], of the Vasus I am fire [Agni}, and of mountains I am Meru.
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Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brhaspati, Of generals I am Kartikeya, and of bodies of water I am the ocean.
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Of the great sages I am Bhrgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental om. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa].and of immovable things I am the Himalayas.
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Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the sages among the demigods I am Narada Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the sage Kapila.
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Of horses know Me to be Uccaihsrava produced during the churning of the ocean nectar. Of lordly elephants I am Airravata, and among men I am the monarch.
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Of weapons I am th thunderbolt; among cows I am the surabhi, Of causes for procreation I am Kanarapa, the god of love, and of serpents I am Vasuki.
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Of the many-hooded Nagas I am Ananta, and among the aquatics I am the demigod Varuna. Of departed ancestors I am Aryama and among the despensers of law Yama, the lord of death.
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Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahlada, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garuda.
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Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rama, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.
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Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spirital science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth.
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Of letters I am the letter. A and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inehaustible time, and of creators I am Brahma.
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I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among woment I am fame, forne, fine speech, memory, intellignece, steadifashtness patience.
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Of the hymns in the Sama Veda I am the Brhat sama and of poetry I am the Gayatri. Of months I m Margasirsa [November-December], and of seasons I am flower-bearing spiring.
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I am also the gambing of cheat, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventrue, and I am the strength of the strong.
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Of the descendant of Vrsni I am Vasudeva, and of the Pandavas I am Arjuna Of the sages I am Vyasa, and among great thinkers I am Usana.
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Among all means of suppressing lawlessnes I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am the wisdom.
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Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There no being-moving or normoving-that can exist without Me.
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O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences.
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Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.
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But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire unvierse.