bÄ«jaá¹ á¹ sarva-bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ viddhi pÄrtha sanÄtanam buddhir buddhimatÄm asmi tejas tejasvinÄm aham [10]

(he) pÄrtha–O Arjuna; viddhi–know; mÄm–Me; sanÄtanam bÄ«jam–as the eternal cause, known as pradhÄn; sarva-bhÅ«tÄnÄm–of all lifeforms. aham asmi–I am present; buddhiḥ–as the intelligence; buddhi-matÄm–of the intelligent; tejaḥ–and as the prowess; tejasvinÄm–of the bold. [10]


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O PÄrtha, know Me as the eternal, original cause of all life-forms. I am the intelligence of the intelligent, the power of the powerful.

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