Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God
Verse 10.14
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव। न हि ते भगवन् व्यक्ितं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः।।10.14।।
sarvam etad ṛitaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśhava na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ vidur devā na dānavāḥ
Word Meanings
sarvam—everything; etat—this; ṛitam—truth; manye—I accept; yat—which; mām—me; vadasi—you tell; keśhava—Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi; na—neither; hi—verily; te—your; bhagavan—the Supreme Lord; vyaktim—personality; viduḥ—can understand; devāḥ—the celestial gods; na—nor; dānavāḥ—the demons
Translation · English
I believe all that You have said to me to be true, O Krishna; indeed, O blessed Lord! Neither the gods nor the demons know Your manifestation (origin).
Deep Meaning · English
In this verse, Arjuna reaches a state of profound surrender, moving beyond intellectual curiosity into the realm of absolute faith. By addressing Krishna as 'Keshava' and 'Bhagavan,' he acknowledges not just the friend who drives his chariot, but the Supreme Lord who governs the destruction of egoic limitations (symbolized by the demon Keshi). Arjuna recognizes that the intellectual mind, whether conditioned by heavenly aspirations (devas) or material cravings (danavas), is inherently incapable of grasping the infinite nature of the Divine. This is the pivot point of the chapter: the shift from trying to understand God through human logic to recognizing that the Divine remains 'avyakta' (unmanifest) to the conditioned senses. Arjuna admits that Krishna’s words are 'Ritam'—not merely facts, but the very resonance of cosmic truth that aligns the soul with the underlying reality of existence. It is a moment of deep ontological surrender where the seeker stops dissecting the Divine and starts resting in the Divine's self-revelation.
True spiritual realization begins when the intellect humbly acknowledges its own limitations and accepts the Divine as the ultimate, ungraspable source of all truth.
Connected Verses
Directly correlates with the idea that neither the great sages nor the celestials know Krishna's origins, as He is the source of all.
Reflects how the Divine essence remains misunderstood by those who look only at external forms and forget the indwelling Lord.
Reinforces that those with limited understanding fail to perceive the unmanifest, eternal form of the Lord.
Highlights the Lord's unborn and eternal nature, which remains hidden to those who see only the material manifestation.
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