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Chapter 10 • Verse 34
The Yoga of Divine Glories
MEANING & CONTEXT
Krishna reveals His presence in death, creation, and feminine qualities. 'Mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaś cāham'—I am all-devouring death. Death is what ends all things. 'Udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām'—and I am the origin of future beings. Creation begins with Krishna. 'Kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇām'—among feminine qualities, I am fame, prosperity, and speech. 'Smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā'—I am memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and forgiveness. This verse shows Krishna as both the end (death) and the beginning (origin of future beings), and as the source of feminine qualities: fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and forgiveness.
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Key Takeaway
This verse reveals that Krishna is all-devouring death, the origin of future beings, and among feminine qualities, fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and forgiveness. When you recognize the source in death, creation, and feminine qualities, you see differently. You don't see death, creation, or feminine qualities as separate from the source—you recognize the source as both the end and the beginning, and as the source of feminine qualities. The question isn't whether these exist—it's whether you recognize the source in them. When you recognize the source in death and feminine qualities, you see the source as death, the origin, fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and forgiveness.
Personal Reflection
Where are you recognizing the source in death, creation, or feminine qualities? Do you see death, the origin, or feminine qualities as manifestations of the source? How does recognizing the source in these change how you see them?
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