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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 20

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः | अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ||१०-२०||

ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ . ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca ||10-20||

In plain words

O Gudakesa I am the soul (Pratyagatma) which exists in the hearts of all beings and I am also the source or origin the middle or stay and the end of all created beings. I am the birth the life and the death of all beings. Meditate on Me as the innermost Self.

Translation

10.20 I am the Self, O Arjuna, dwelling in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings.

Meaning

O Gudakesa I am the soul (Pratyagatma) which exists in the hearts of all beings and I am also the source or origin the middle or stay and the end of all created beings. I am the birth the life and the death of all beings. Meditate on Me as the innermost Self. Gudakesa means either coneror of sleep or thickhaired. He who is able to meditate on the Self with Abheda Bhavana (attitude of nonduality) is a alified aspirant (Adhikari) of the first class. He who is not able to meditate on the Self should think of the Lord in those things which are mentioned below. This type of meditation is for the aspirants of the middle class.

Word by word

अहम् I आत्मा the Self गुडाकेश O Gudakesa सर्वभूताशयस्थितः seated in the hearts of all beings अहम् I आदिः the beginning च and मध्यम् the middle च and भूतानाम् of (all) beings अन्तः the end एव even च and.