Chapter 10 · The Divine Splendours

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

Text 10.13

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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Purport Overview & Key Insights

All the sages say this of You — Nārada, Asita, Devala, Vyāsa — and now You Yourself tell me so. Arjuna stacks the testimony of tradition and direct speech together, which is the shape of how he has come to believe it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Tradition and direct speech stacked together — the shape of his believing.