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Chapter 10 · Verse 13 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.13

devotional Self & Identity Bhakti & Devotion Fear & Courage

Sanskrit

आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा। असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे।।10.13।।

Transliteration

āhus tvām ṛiṣhayaḥ sarve devarṣhir nāradas tathā asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ chaiva bravīṣhi me

In plain words

You may feel alone in your pain, cut off from any sign that God is real or that your life means anything — and that isolation can feel total. The lesson for you: the wisest ones across all time have recognized the Divine at work in the world, and that same recognition is available to you, not as borrowed belief but as your own direct knowing. When you're ready to look, you'll see truth reflected back to you from everywhere — in others' words, in your own heart, in the world itself.

Word by Word

āhuḥ (they) declare
tvām you
ṛiṣhayaḥ sages
sarve all
deva-ṛiṣhiḥ-nāradaḥ devarṣhi Narad
tathā also
asitaḥ Asit
devalaḥ Deval
vyāsaḥ Vyās
svayam personally
cha and
eva even
bravīṣhī you are declaring
me to me
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna names the great rishis and devas who have all proclaimed Krishna's supreme nature — Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa — each a beacon of wisdom across the ages. Yet Krishna's most stunning declaration is that He Himself confirms this truth directly to Arjuna, making the seeker not a mere believer in ancient testimony, but a direct witness to the Divine's self-revelation.

When you encounter authentic spiritual wisdom from multiple sources pointing to the same truth, and you feel that same truth stirring in your own heart, you are being called to recognize divinity not as distant dogma but as present reality.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.13 — BG 10.13

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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