The Blessed Lord Krishna, addressing the mighty-armed Arjuna, began by inviting him to listen once more to His supreme words, spoken out of love and a desire for Arjuna’s ultimate welfare. He explained that neither the celestial gods nor the great sages could fully comprehend His origin, for He is the absolute source from which all gods and sages arise. Those who realize that the Lord is unborn, beginningless, and the sovereign master of all existence are freed from delusion and purified of all sins. All the diverse qualities of living beings—such as intellect, wisdom, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, happiness, sorrow, birth, death, fear, and courage—emerge from Him alone. The great sages of old, the Manus, and the original creators of the world were all born of His divine mind, and from them, all living creatures have descended. He who truly understands this divine glory and the immense power of the Lord’s manifestation becomes established in an unshakable union with Him. Understanding that He is the origin of all and that everything in existence moves by His grace, the wise worship Him with hearts full of devotion. They fix their minds upon Him and surrender their lives to Him; they enlighten one another through their discourse and find constant satisfaction and delight in speaking of His glory. To these devotees who are ever steadfast and worship Him with love, Krishna grants the divine wisdom of discrimination—the yoga of the intellect—by which they reach Him. Out of pure compassion, He dwells within their hearts and dispels the darkness born of ignorance with the luminous lamp of knowledge. Arjuna, moved by these words, acknowledged Krishna as the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate refuge, and the eternal, divine Being. He noted that all the great sages, including Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa, have heralded Him as such, and now the Lord Himself had confirmed it. Arjuna accepted everything Krishna had said as absolute truth, noting that even the gods and demons cannot fully fathom His infinite manifestation. "You alone know Yourself by Yourself," Arjuna declared, addressing Him as the Supreme Person, the creator and lord of all beings. He then humbly requested Krishna to describe His divine glories in detail—those manifestations by which He pervades the entire universe—and asked how he might remain in constant meditation to perceive Him in all things. Krishna responded with favor, agreeing to reveal the most prominent of His divine glories, while cautioning that His splendor is truly endless. He began by revealing that He is the Self seated within the hearts of all creatures—the beginning, the middle, and the end of all existence. Among the Adityas, He is Vishnu; among luminaries, the radiant sun; among the stars, the moon. He is the Sama-Veda among the Vedas, the mind among the senses, and the very consciousness of all living beings. He identified Himself in various forms of majesty: as Shiva among the Rudras, Kubera among the Yakshas, fire among the Vasus, and Mount Meru among mountains. He is Brihaspati among priests, Skanda among generals, and the vast ocean among bodies of water. Among the sages, He is Bhrigu; among words, the sacred syllable 'Om'; among sacrifices, the silent repetition of the divine name; and among immovable things, the Himalayas. He is the banyan tree among all trees, Narada among divine sages, Kapila among the perfected, and the king among men. He identified Himself as the thunderbolt among weapons, the wish-fulfilling cow, the god of love, and the great serpent Vasuki. Krishna’s presence is everywhere: in death, in the birth of the future, in fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, and patience. He is the Gayatri meter, the month of Margasirsha, and the spring season. He is the cunning of the gambler, the splendor of the splendid, the victory of the victor, and the resolve of the resolute. In every clan and among every group, the best and most noble essence is His. Ultimately, Krishna declared that whatever is the seed of all beings is Himself, and that nothing—moving or unmoving—can exist for a moment without Him. He concluded by telling Arjuna that while there is no limit to His divine glories, these examples represent only a small portion of His reality. "Know," He affirmed, "that whatever is glorious, beautiful, or powerful is but a fragment of My splendor." Then, with profound simplicity, He asked: "But of what use is it to know all these details? Know only this: I exist, and I support this entire universe with but a single fraction of Myself."