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Chapter 10 · Verse 39 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.39

contemplative Bhakti & Devotion Self & Identity Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन। न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।

Transliteration

yach chāpi sarva-bhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṁ charācharam

In plain words

When you feel utterly alone—when your marriage is breaking, when your child won't call, when the cancer won't leave, when you're drowning in debt—you believe you are separate from everything that matters, cut off, forgotten. Krishna says: you are not separate. The very life moving in your chest, the love you are desperate to find, the healing you want to give—all of it is already woven into you, inseparable from the divine itself. You cannot fall outside what holds all things.

Word by Word

yat which
cha and
api also
sarva-bhūtānām of all living beings
bījam generating seed
tat that
aham I
arjuna Arjun
na not
tat that
asti is
vinā without
yat which
syāt may exist
mayā me
bhūtam creature
chara-acharam moving and nonmoving
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate truth: He is the seed—the generative essence—dwelling within every atom of creation. Without His presence, nothing that moves or stands still could exist for even a moment.

This is not abstract philosophy but lived reality: the very life-force animating your body, the intelligence organizing your thoughts, the love binding all beings—all are His expression. When you recognize this truth, you stop seeing the world as separate from the divine and begin to meet each moment as Krishna Himself.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.39 — BG 10.39

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

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