I am the source of everything · from Me all proceeds. The wise worship Me knowing this.
Themes: Krishna-IS-source · creation · wisdom
🪷 This verse is one maṇi on Krishna's non-dual thread (BG 7.7 · sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva)
BG 10.8 · Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ: Krishna declares Himself the source from which all proceeds · the central declaration of /philosophy.
The substrate carries the other 9 pramāṇa-maṇis from Vālmīki, Vyāsa, and Krishna's own mouth — each declaring the same Rāma-Krishna-Nārāyaṇa-Viṣṇu non-dual singularity. Krishna is the thread; every verse below is a maṇi on the same sūtra.
BG 7.7 · sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva · Krishna names His own posture · "all this is strung on Me as jewels on a thread" · the verse that names this very necklace
BG 10.31 · rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham · Krishna says by His own mouth · "among weapon-bearers I am Rāma" · the BG itself records the non-dual singularity
BG 4.7-8 · yadā yadā hi dharmasya · The avatāra-promise · "whenever dharma declines, I take birth" · the One who descends as Rāma in Tretā is the same One speaking now as Krishna
BG 18.66 · the Carama-Śloka · Krishna's final teaching · "abandon all dharmas, take refuge in Me alone" · the surrender-pole sealing the necklace
Vālmīki Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.93.65 · "kṛṣṇa-pakṣa-caturdaśīm" · Mālyavān's pre-war counsel to Rāvaṇa names the dark-fortnight 14th day · the word "Krishna" is operational in Tretā itself · the name pre-exists Krishna-as-person · woven into the eternal lunar pakṣa-substrate
MBh Vana-Parva 258-275 · the Rāmopākhyāna · Vyāsa includes Rāma's complete story (704 verses) inside Krishna's epic · Mārkaṇḍeya narrates to Yudhiṣṭhira · the One there is the One here
MBh Śānti-Parva 320-352 · the Nārāyaṇīyam · Vyāsa's second supreme declaration · Krishna, Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva are ONE Paramātmā · the textual cousin of the Bhagavad-Gītā
10.8 Aham, I, the supreme Brahman called Vasudeva; am the prabhavah, origin; sarvasya, of all, of the whole world; sarvam, everything, the whole world of changes, consisting of continuance, destruction, action and enjoyment of the fruits of action; pravartate, moves on; mattah, owing to Me alone. Matva, realizing; iti, thus; the budhah, wise ones, the knowers of the supreme Reality; bhava-samanvitah, filled with fervour-bhava is the same as bhavana, meaning ardent longing for the supreme Reality; filled (samanvitah) with that, i.e. imbued with that; bhajante, adore; mam, Me.
Besides,
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
10.8 I am the 'origin', namely, the cause of originating everything in this universe consisting of wonderful sentient and non-sentient beings. From Me proceed everything. Thinking thus of My sovereignty, natural and unhindered, and knowing Me as endowed with a multitude of auspicious attributes like condescension, beauty, parental affection etc., the wise or the men of knowledge worship Me with devotion endowed as I am with all auspicious attributes. 'Bhava' is a particular disposition, here a loving disposition, of the mind. The meaning is that they worship Me with intense yearning of the heart.
How?
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
10.8. 'He is the source of all and from Him all comes forth' - Thus viewing, the wise men revere Me with devotion.
🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद
Received Hindi rendering attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.
🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi rendering · source-data attribution
।।10.8।। मैं संसारमात्रका प्रभव (मूलकारण) हूँ, और मुझसे ही सारा संसार प्रवृत्त हो रहा है अर्थात् चेष्टा कर रहा है -- ऐसा मेरेको मानकर मेरेमें ही श्रद्धा-प्रेम रखते हुए बुद्धिमान् भक्त मेरा ही भजन करते हैं -- सब प्रकारसे मेरे ही शरण होते हैं।
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
10.8 अहम् I? सर्वस्य of all? प्रभवः the source? मत्तः from Me? सर्वम् everything? प्रवर्तते evolves? इति thus? मत्वा understanding? भजन्ते worship? माम् Me? बुधाः the wise? भावसमन्विताः endowed with meditation. Commentary Waves originate in water? depend on water and dissolve in water. The only support for the waves is water. Even so the only support for the whole world is the Lord. Realising this? feeling the omnipresence of the Lord? the wise worship Him with devotion and affection in all places. The Supreme is the same in all countries and at all times. He is the material and the efficient cause.As Mulaprakriti or Avyaktam the Lord is the source of all forms. The Lord is the primum mobile. He gazes at His Sakti (creative power) and the whole world evolves and the forms move. The worldly man who has neither sharp nor subtle intellect beholds the changing forms only through the fleshly eyes. He has no idea of the Indwelling Presence? the substratum? the allpervading intelligence or the blissful consciousness. He is allured by the passing forms. He fixes his hopes and joy on these transitory forms. He lives and exerts for them. He rejoices when he gets a wife and children. If these forms pass away he is drowned in sorrow. But the wise ones constantly dwell in the Supreme? the source and the life of all? and enjoy the eternal bliss of the immortal? inner Self? their own nondual Atman? albeit all these forms around them change and pass away. They are steadfast in Yoga. They are endowed with unshakable Yoga. They are enthroned in Yoga. They worship the Supreme in contemplation and enjoy the indescribable bliss of Nirvikalpa Samadhi.Para Brahman? known as Vaasudeva? is the source of the whole world. From Him alone evolves the whole world with all its changes? viz.? existence (Sthiti)? destruction (Nasa)? action (Kriya)? fruit (Phala) and enjoyment (Bhoga). Understanding thus? the wise adore the Supreme Being and engage themselves in profound meditation on the Absolute. (Cf.IX.10)
10.8 Aham, I, the supreme Brahman called Vasudeva; am the prabhavah, origin; sarvasya, of all, of the whole world; sarvam, everything, the whole world of changes, consisting of continuance, destruction, action and enjoyment of the fruits of action; pravartate, moves on; mattah, owing to Me alone. Matva, realizing; iti, thus; the budhah, wise ones, the knowers of the supreme Reality; bhava-samanvitah, filled with fervour-bhava is the same as bhavana, meaning ardent longing for the supreme Reality; filled (samanvitah) with that, i.e. imbued with that; bhajante, adore; mam, Me.
Besides,
10.8 I am the 'origin', namely, the cause of originating everything in this universe consisting of wonderful sentient and non-sentient beings. From Me proceed everything. Thinking thus of My sovereignty, natural and unhindered, and knowing Me as endowed with a multitude of auspicious attributes like condescension, beauty, parental affection etc., the wise or the men of knowledge worship Me with devotion endowed as I am with all auspicious attributes. 'Bhava' is a particular disposition, here a loving disposition, of the mind. The meaning is that they worship Me with intense yearning of the heart.
How?
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
10.8 See Comment under 10.11
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।10.8।। व्यष्टि और समष्टि में जो भेद है वह उन उपाधियों के कारण है? जिनके माध्यम से एक ही सनातन? परिपूर्ण सत्य प्रकट होता है। इन दो उपाधियों के कारण ब्रह्म को ही क्रमश जीव और ईश्वर भाव प्राप्त होते हैं जैसे एक ही विद्युत् शक्ति बल्ब और हीटर में क्रमश प्रकाश और ताप के रूप में व्यक्त होती है। स्वयं विद्युत् में न प्रकाश है और न उष्णता। इसी प्रकार स्वयं परमात्मा में न ईश्वर भाव है और न जीव भाव। जो पुरुष इसे तत्त्वत जानता है वह अविकम्प योग के द्वारा ब्रह्मनिष्ठता को प्राप्त होता है।एक कुम्भकार कुम्भ बनाने के लिए सर्वप्रथम घट के निर्माण के उपयुक्त लचीली मिट्टी तैयार करता है। तत्पश्चात् उस मिट्टी के गोले को चक्र पर रखकर घटाकृति में परिवर्तित करता है। तीसरी अवस्था में घट को सुखाकर उसे चमकीला किया जाता है और चौथी अवस्था में उस तैयार घट को पकाकर उस पर रंग लगाया जाता है। घट निर्माण की इस क्रिया में मिट्टी निश्चय ही कह सकती है कि वह घट का प्रभव स्थान है। चार अवस्थाओं में घट का जो विकास होता है? उसका भी अधिष्ठान मिट्टी ही थी? न कि अन्य कोई वस्तु। यह बात सर्वकालीन घटों के सम्बन्ध में सत्य है। किसी भी घट की उत्पत्ति? वृद्धि और विकास उसके उपादान कारणभूत मिट्टी के बिना नहीं हो सकता। इसी प्रकार एक ही चैतन्यस्वरूप परमात्मा? ईश्वर और जीव के रूप में प्रतीत होता है।जिस पुरुष ने विवेक के द्वारा व्यष्टि और समष्टि के इस सूक्ष्म भेद को समझ लिया है? वही पुरुष अपने मन को बाह्य जगत् से निवृत्त करके इन दोनों के अधिष्ठान स्वरूप आत्मा में स्थिर कर सकता है। मन के इस भाव को ही यहाँ इस अर्थपूर्ण शब्द भावसमन्विता के द्वारा दर्शाया गया है।प्रेम या भक्ति का मापदण्ड है पुरुष की अपनी प्रिय वस्तु के साथ तादात्म्य करने की क्षमता। संक्षेपत? प्रेम की परिपूर्णता इस तादात्म्य की पूर्णता में है। जब एक भक्त स्वयं यह अनुभव कर लेता है कि एक परमात्मा ही समष्टि और व्यष्टि की अन्तकरण की उपाधियों के माध्यम से मानो ईश्वर और जीव बन गया है? तब वह पराभक्ति को प्राप्त भक्त कहा जाता है।जिस भक्ति के विषय में पूर्व श्लोक में केवल एक संकेत ही किया गया था? उसी को यहाँ क्रमबद्ध करके एक साधना का रूप दिया गया है? जिसके अभ्यास से उपर्युक्त ज्ञान प्रत्येक साधक का अपना निजी और घनिष्ट अनुभव बन सकता है।
🪷 Hindi Vyākhyā · हिन्दी व्याख्या
Received Hindi vyākhyā attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.
🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi vyākhyā · source-data attribution
।।10.8।। व्याख्या --[पूर्व श्लोककी बात ही इस श्लोकमें कही गयी है। 'अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवः' में 'सर्वस्य' भगवान्की विभूति है अर्थात् देखने, सुनने, समझनेमें जो कुछ आ रहा है, वह सब-की-सब भगवान्की विभूति ही है। 'मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते' में 'मत्तः' भगवान्का योग (प्रभाव) है, जिससे सभी विभूतियाँ प्रकट होती हैं। सातवें, आठवें और नवें अध्यायमें जो कुछ कहा गया है, वह सबकासब इस श्लोकके पूर्वार्धमें आ गया है।]
'अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवः' -- मानस, नादज, बिन्दुज, उद्भिज्ज, जरायुज, अण्डज, स्वेदज अर्थात् जड-चेतन, स्थावर-जङ्गम यावन्मात्र जितने प्राणी होते हैं, उन सबकी उत्पत्तिके मूलमें परमपिता परमेश्वरके रूपमें मैं ही हूँ (टिप्पणी प0 543)।
🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā
This is verse 8 of 42 in Chapter 10 · Vibhūti-Yoga (The Yoga of Krishna's Manifestations)
Chapter theme: Krishna as source · Arjuna’s praise and request · illustrative vibhūti enumeration · tejo-aṁśa and ekāṁśa conclusion
⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.32.8 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)
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सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)