Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 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

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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

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Translation

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).

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Commentary

10.14 सर्वम् all? एतत् this? ऋतम् true? मन्ये (I) think? यत् which? माम् to me? वदसि (Thou) sayest? केशव O Krishna? न not? हि verily? ते Thy? भगवन् O blessed Lord? व्यक्तिम् manifestation? विदुः know? देवाः gods? न not? दानवाः demons.Commentary Bhagavan is He? in whom ever exist the six attributes in their fullness? viz.? Jnana (wisdom)? Vairagya (dispassion)? Aisvarya (lordship)? Dharma (virtue)?

Sri (wealth) and Bala (omnipotence). Also? He Who knows the origin? dissolution and the future of all beings and Who is omniscient? is called Bhagavan.Vyakti Origin.Danavah Demons or the Titans.Arjuna addresses the Lord as Keshava (Lord of all) because the Lord knows what is going on in his mind? as He is omniscient. As the Lord is the source of the gods? the demons and others? they cannot comprehend His manifestation or origin. (Cf.IV.6)

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