Gita Verse 10.22

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 22

Sanskrit Verse

वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः।

इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना।।10.22।।

Transliteration

vedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ

indriyāṇāṁ manaśh chāsmi bhūtānām asmi chetanā

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Vasava; among the senses, I am the mind; and among living beings, I am intelligence.

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