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Chapter 10 · Verse 29 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.29

devotional Dharma & Duty Self & Identity Fear & Courage

Sanskrit

अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्। पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्।।10.29।।

Transliteration

anantaśh chāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasām aham pitṝīṇām aryamā chāsmi yamaḥ sanyamatām aham

In plain words

You're searching for your role, wondering if you're meant for something greater—or just lost in the ordinary. Krishna says: the divine intelligence that holds galaxies together is the same intelligence that moves through you right now, in this job, this marriage, this struggle. You are never separate from what you're seeking. Stop waiting to become worthy; recognize the sacred life you're already living.

Word by Word

anantaḥ Anant
cha and
asmi I am
nāgānām amongst snakes
varuṇaḥ the celestial god of the ocean
yādasām amongst aquatics
aham I
pitṝīṇām amongst the departed ancestors
aryamā Aryama
cha and
asmi am
yamaḥ the celestial god of death
sanyamatām amongst dispensers of law
aham I
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals himself as Ananta among serpents, Varuna among waters, and Yama among those who govern—showing that divinity flows through every hierarchy and order in creation. He is not separate from these forms but their essential consciousness, their animating principle.

When you recognize that the same intelligence that sustains cosmic law also dwells within you, you stop fragmenting your life into sacred and mundane; every duty becomes a conversation with the divine.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.29 — BG 10.29

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

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