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BG 10.38 (1972)

BG 10.38 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_38"#TEXT 38#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् ।#/dd# #dd#मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥३८॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#daṇḍo damayatām asmi#/dd# #dd#nītir asmi jigīṣatām#/dd# #dd#maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ#/dd# #dd#jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#daṇḍaḥ#/i#—punishment; #i#damayatām#/i#—of all separation; #i#asmi#/i#—I am; #i#nītiḥ#/i#—morality; #i#asmi#/i#—I am; #i#jigīṣatām#/i#—of the victorious; #i#maunam#/i#—silence; #i#ca#/i#—and; #i#eva#/i#—also; #i#asmi#/i#—I am; #i#guhyānām#/i#—of secrets; #i#jñānam#/i#—knowledge; #i#jñānavatām#/i#—of the wise; #i#aham#/i#—I am. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Among punishments I am the rod of chastisement, and of those who seek victory, I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am wisdom. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#There are many suppressing agents, of which the most important are those that cut down the miscreants. When miscreants are punished, the rod of chastisement represents Kṛṣṇa. Among those who are trying to be victorious in some field of activity, the most victorious element is morality. Among the confidential activities of hearing, thinking and meditating, silence is most important because by silence one can make progress very quickly. The wise man is he who can discriminate between matter and spirit, between God's superior and inferior natures. Such knowledge is Kṛṣṇa Himself. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_38"#TEXT 38#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् ।#/dd# #dd#मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥३८॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#daṇḍo damayatām asmi#/dd# #dd#nītir asmi jigīṣatām#/dd# #dd#maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ#/dd# #dd#jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=daṇḍaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#daṇḍaḥ#/i# — punishment; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=damayatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#damayatām#/i# — of all means of suppression; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asmi#/i# — I am; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nītiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nītiḥ#/i# — morality; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asmi#/i# — I am; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jigīṣatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jigīṣatām#/i# — of those who seek victory; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=maunam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#maunam#/i# — silence; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#eva#/i# — also; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asmi#/i# — I am; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guhyānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guhyānām#/i# — of secrets; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jñānam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jñānam#/i# — knowledge; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jñāna&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jñāna-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vatām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vatām#/i# — of the wise; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aham#/i# — I am. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am the wisdom. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#There are many suppressing agents, of which the most important are those that cut down miscreants. When miscreants are punished, the agency of chastisement represents Kṛṣṇa. Among those who are trying to be victorious in some field of activity, the most victorious element is morality. Among the confidential activities of hearing, thinking and meditating, silence is most important because by silence one can make progress very quickly. The wise man is he who can discriminate between matter and spirit, between God's superior and inferior natures. Such knowledge is Kṛṣṇa Himself. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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