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Chapter 10 · 42 verses

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Chapter 10 · Verse 38·Spoken by Krishna

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्

daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣhatām maunaṁ chaivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham

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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda

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daṇḍaḥpunishmentdamayatāmamongst means of preventing lawlessnessasmiI amnītiḥproper conductasmiI amjigīṣhatāmamongst those who seek victorymaunamsilencechaandevaalsoasmiI amguhyānāmamongst secretsjñānamwisdomjñāna-vatāmin the wiseahamI

Reading set · 5 translations · 3 commentaries

Translation · 5 voices

Of the punishers, I am the rod; I am the righteous policy of those who desire to conquer. And of things secret, I am verily silence; I am the knowledge of the wise.

Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara

Of those who punish, I am the principle of punishment. Of those who seek victory, I am policy. Of secrets, I am also silence. And of the wise, I am wisdom.

Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja

I am the punishment of the punishers; I am the political wisdom of those seeking victory; I am also the silence of the secret ones; I am the knowledge of the knowers.

Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva

Of those who punish, I am the scepter; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and among secrets, I am silence; I am knowledge among knowers.

Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita

I am the scepter of rulers, the strategy of conquerors, the silence of mystery, and the wisdom of the wise.

Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta

ŚaṅkarācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Advaita Vedānta· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

I am the rod of those who chastise, of those who work chastisement, the means of taming the untamed. I am the statecraft of those who seek to conquer, who wish to win. And I am the silence of secret things, of things to be kept hidden. I am the knowledge of those who know.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.

RāmānujācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Viśiṣṭādvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Of those who impose punishment for the transgression of restraint, I am the rod of punishment. Of those who wish to conquer, I am the polity that is the means to victory. Among secrets, in the matter of things to be kept hidden, I am silence; and the knowledge of those who have knowledge, I am.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.

MadhvācāryaGītā-bhāṣya
Dvaita· Classical
Machine translation · draft

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.

Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.