Bhagavad Gita 7.10: meaning and translation
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Krishna tells Arjuna to know him as the eternal seed of all beings.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.10
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥
Bijam mam sarvabhutanam viddhi partha sanatanamBuddhirbuddhimatamasmi tejastejasvinamaham
bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viddhi pārtha sanātanam |buddhirbuddhimatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham ||
Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna to know him as the eternal seed of all beings. He is the understanding of those who understand and the brilliance of the brilliant.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन से कहते हैं कि अर्जुन कृष्ण को सब प्राणियों का सनातन बीज जानें। कृष्ण बुद्धिमानों की बुद्धि और तेजस्वियों का तेज हैं।
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- बीजम् bījam · seed (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: bīja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 732, col. 2 “seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals)”
- माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
- सर्वभूतानाम् sarvabhūtānām · of all beings (compound (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”; bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being”
- विद्धि viddhi · know (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
- पार्थ pārtha · O Partha (son of Pritha) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3 “metron. of Yudhi-shṭhira or Bhīma-sena or Arjuna”
- सनातनम् sanātanam · eternal (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sanātana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1141, col. 1 “eternal, perpetual, permanent, everlasting, primeval, ancient”
- बुद्धिः buddhiḥ · understanding (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 “intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment”
- बुद्धिमताम् buddhimatām · of those who understand (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: buddhi-mat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 734, col. 1 “endowed with understanding, intelligent, learned, wise”
- अस्मि asmi · "I am" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
- तेजः tejaḥ · brilliance (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tejas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 2 “glow, glare, splendour, brilliance, light, fire”
- तेजस्विनाम् tejasvinām · of the brilliant (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: tejas-vin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 3 “brilliant, splendid, bright, powerful, energetic”
- अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 74.
Know me, O son of Prithâ! to be the eternal seed of all beings; I am the discernment of the discerning ones, and I the glory of the glorious1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Glory here seems to mean dignity, greatness. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 74.
Know me, O son of Prithâ! to be the eternal seed of all beings; I am the discernment of the discerning ones, and I the glory of the glorious1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Glory here seems to mean dignity, greatness. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 76.
Know Me, O Pârtha! as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the Buddhi of the Buddhi-endowed, the splendour of splendid things am I.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 149.
Know Me, O son of Prithâ, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the heroism of the heroic.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 74. Bhagavad Gita 7.10.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 76. Bhagavad Gita 7.10.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 149. Bhagavad Gita 7.10.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.10
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।
बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥
“Know me, O son of Prithâ! to be the eternal seed of all beings; I am the discernment of the discerning ones, and I the glory of the glorious.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 74, public domain)
“Know Me, O Pârtha! as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the Buddhi of the Buddhi-endowed, the splendour of splendid things am I.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 76, public domain)
“Know Me, O son of Prithâ, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the heroism of the heroic.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 149, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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- October 27, 2026