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Chapter 10

Chapter 10 · Verse 36

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् | जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ||१०-३६||

dyūtaṃ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham . jayo.asmi vyavasāyo.asmi sattvaṃ sattvavatāmaham ||10-36||

In plain words

Of the methods of defrauding others I am gambling such as diceplay. Gambling is My manifestation. I am the power of the powerful.

Translation

10.36 Of the fraudulent, I am gambling. I am the brilliance of the brilliant. I am victory, I am effort. I am the magnanimity of the magnanimous.

Meaning

Of the methods of defrauding others I am gambling such as diceplay. Gambling is My manifestation. I am the power of the powerful. I am the victoyr of the victorious. I am the effort of those who make that effort. I am Sattva which assumes the forms of Dharma (virtue). Jnana (knowledge). Vairagya (dispassion) and Aisvarya (wealth or lordship) in Sattvic persons.

Word by word

द्यूतम् the gambling छलयताम् of the fraudulent अस्मि (I) am तेजः splendour तेजस्विनाम् of the splendid अहम् I जयः victory अस्मि (I) am व्यवसायः determination अस्मि (I) am सत्त्वम् the goodness सत्त्ववताम् of the good अहम् I.