{"entry":{"slug":"bg-chapter-10","title":"Bhagavad Gīta Chapter 10 — Vibhūti Yoga","devanagari":"विभूतियोग","iast":"vibhūti-yoga","type":"bg-chapter","url":"https://thecodex.expert/sanatana-dharma/texts/bhagavad-gita/chapter-10/","codex":"sanatana-dharma","last_verified":"2026-05","confidence":"high"},"chapter":{"number":10,"name":"Vibhūti-yoga","name_translation":"The Yoga of Divine Manifestations","verses":42,"speaker_primary":"Kṛṣṇa (throughout); Arjuna (10.12–10.18)","key_verses":["10.20","10.21–10.40","10.41","10.42"]},"summary":"Arjuna is moved by Chapter 9 and requests a fuller description of Kṛṣṇa's divine manifestations. BG 10.20: I am the Self in all beings' hearts — the most intimate Vibhūti stated first. Then fifty-five Vibhūtis enumerated across all domains of existence (10.21–10.40): Kṛṣṇa is the supreme excellence of each category. BG 10.41: the summary principle — whatever has splendour, prosperity, or power, know as arising from a fraction of his splendour. BG 10.42: he supports the entire world with a single fraction of himself. Transition: prepares for Chapter 11 (Viśvarūpa-Darśana — Arjuna will ask to see the Vibhūtis directly).","key_vibhutis":{"cosmic":{"Adityas":"Viṣṇu","lights":"the radiant sun","stars":"the moon","Vedas":"Sāma Veda","gods":"Indra (Vāsava)","Rudras":"Śaṅkara (Śiva)","Yaksha-Rakshasa":"Kubera","Vasus":"Pāvaka (fire)","mountains":"Meru","priests":"Bṛhaspati","generals":"Skanda","waters":"the ocean","great_sages":"Bhṛgu","sacred_syllables":"Oṃ","sacrifices":"japa (repetition)","immovable":"the Himalaya","trees":"the Aśvattha (sacred fig)","Gandharvas":"Citraratha","perfected":"Kapila (sage)","horses":"Uccaiḥśravas","elephants":"Airāvata","humans":"the king","weapons":"the thunderbolt (Vajra)","Pandavas":"Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)","metres":"Gāyatrī","months":"Mārgaśīrṣa","seasons":"spring (Kusumākara)"},"abstractions":{"letters":"the letter A","compounds":"dvandva","Time":"I am Time","creator":"faces in all directions","gambling":"gambling of the fraudulent","splendour":"of the splendid","victory":"I am victory","determination":"I am determination","goodness":"of the good","knowledge":"knowledge of the self","debaters":"reasoning (vāda)","silence":"of secrets","rod":"of those who punish","policy":"of those who seek to conquer"}},"key_verses_detail":{"BG_10_20":{"iast":"aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarva-bhūtāśaya-sthitaḥ / aham ādiś ca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca","translation":"I am the Self, O Guḍākeśa, dwelling in the heart of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of beings.","note":"The most intimate Vibhūti — stated first. The cosmic Vibhūtis are manifestations of the same ground present as the Ātman in every heart."},"BG_10_41":{"devanagari":"यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा / तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम्","iast":"yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṃ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā / tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejo 'ṃśa-sambhavam","translation":"Whatever being has splendour, prosperity, or power — know that as having arisen from a fragment of My splendour.","note":"The summary principle. Advaita: trains perception to see divine ground wherever excellence appears. Viśiṣṭādvaita: God as antaryāmin (indwelling controller) in each excellent being."},"BG_10_42":{"iast":"atha vā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna / viṣṭabhyāham idaṃ kṛtsnam ekāṃśena sthito jagat","translation":"But then again, what use is this vast knowledge to you? I sustain this entire world with just a single fraction of Myself.","note":"The entire manifest world — all the Vibhūtis, all the cosmic and abstract excellences — is sustained by a single fraction of Kṛṣṇa's being."}},"shankaras_reading":"Vibhūtis = pedagogical training for sarvatra-samadṛṣṭi (equal-visioned awareness of divine everywhere). Wherever excellence appears, the divine ground is at work. Not claiming Kṛṣṇa is literally the sun.","ramanujas_reading":"Vibhūtis = real divine presences. God as antaryāmin (inner controller) — literally present as the indwelling reality within each excellent being.","transition_to_ch11":"After Vibhūtis described in words (Ch.10), Arjuna asks to see them directly (BG 11.3). Ch.11 = Viśvarūpa-Darśana — the cosmic form revealed.","sources":[{"tier":1,"citation":"BG 10.1–10.42 with Śaṅkara Gītābhāṣya · Gambhirananda (Advaita Ashrama, 2006), pp. 449–488"},{"tier":1,"citation":"Rāmānuja, Gītābhāṣya on BG 10.41 · Thibaut (SBE Vol.48, 1904)"},{"tier":2,"citation":"Zaehner (OUP, 1969), pp. 280–294"}],"navigation":{"previous":{"chapter":9,"url":"/sanatana-dharma/texts/bhagavad-gita/chapter-09/","name":"Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya Yoga"},"next":{"chapter":11,"url":"/sanatana-dharma/texts/bhagavad-gita/chapter-11/","name":"Viśvarūpa-Darśana Yoga","status":"coming-soon"}},"provenance":{"confidence":"high","last_verified":"2026-05","citation":"\"BG Chapter 10 — Sanātana Dharma Codex\", thecodex.expert/sanatana-dharma/texts/bhagavad-gita/chapter-10/, last updated May 2026."}}