Chapter 10 · The Divine Splendours

अर्जुनArjuna speaks
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Text 10.12

अर्जुन उवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् आहुस्त्वामृषय: सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा असितो देवलो व्यास: स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे

arjuna uvācha paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān puruṣhaṁ śhāśhvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum āhus tvām ṛiṣhayaḥ sarve devarṣhir nāradas tathā asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ chaiva bravīṣhi me

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (28 words)

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Arjuna answers with a confession rather than a question: You are the supreme brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, the eternal divine Person, the primal God, unborn and all-pervading. He is not being told this — he is saying it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:He is not being told this — he is the one saying it.