BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:38

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:38

 

dando damayatam asmi

nitir asmi jigisatam

maunam caivasmi guhyanam

jnanam jnanavatam aham

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

dan. dah--punishment; damayatam--of all means of suppression; asmi--I

am; nitih--morality; asmi--I am; jigisatam--of those who seek victory;

maunam--silence; ca--and; eva--also; asmi--I am; guhyanam--of secrets;

jnanam--knowledge; jnana-vatam--of the wise; aham--I am.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of

those who seek victory I am morality. Of secret things I am silence,

and of the wise I am the wisdom.

 

PURPORT

 

There are many suppressing agents, of which the most important are

those that cut down miscreants. When miscreants are punished, the

agency of chastisement represents Krsna. Among those who are trying to

be victorious in some field of activity, the most victorious element

is morality. Among the confidential activities of hearing, thinking

and meditating, silence is most important because by silence one can

make progress very quickly. The wise man is he who can discriminate

between matter and spirit, between God's superior and inferior

natures. Such knowledge is Krsna Himself.

 

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