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Chapter 10 · Verse 22 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.22

contemplative Self & Identity Mind & Meditation Jnana & Wisdom

Sanskrit

वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः। इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना।।10.22।।

Transliteration

vedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ indriyāṇāṁ manaśh chāsmi bhūtānām asmi chetanā

In plain words

When you feel lost, fragmented, or like you're falling apart, you're experiencing a lie: that you are separate from the ground of everything. Krishna says the same consciousness that moves through all beings, that thinks through every mind, that animates every life—that is what you are. You are not broken. You are not abandoned. You are that awareness itself, right now, witnessing your pain from within it.

Word by Word

vedānām amongst the Vedas
sāma-vedaḥ the Sāma Veda
asmi I am
devānām of all the celestial gods
asmi I am
vāsavaḥ̣ Indra
indriyāṇām of amongst the senses
manaḥ the mind
ca and
asmi I am
bhūtānām amongst the living beings
asmi I am
chetanā consciousness
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the infinite through the finite — He is the Sāma Veda among scriptures because its melodious hymns awaken the heart to divine presence; He is Indra among gods, the mind among senses, consciousness itself animating all beings. This is not metaphor but truth: the same awareness looking through your eyes, thinking through your mind, is the very power that sustains creation.

When you recognize this unity, separation dissolves and your actions naturally align with cosmic order.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.22 — BG 10.22

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

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