Chapter 10, Verse 20
Chapter 10 · bhakti-yoga
Shloka
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः | अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ||१०-२०||
ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ . ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca ||10-20||
English Meaning
English Meaning
I am the Self, O Gudakesa, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings.
Hindi Meaning
हे गुडाकेश (निद्राजित्) ! मैं समस्त भूतों के हृदय में स्थित सबकी आत्मा हूँ तथा सम्पूर्ण भूतों का आदि, मध्य और अन्त भी मैं ही हूँ।।
Russian Meaning
Я есть Я, о Гудакеша, пребывающий в сердцах всех существ; Я начало, середина и конец всех существ.
Spanish Meaning
Yo soy el Ser, oh Gudakesa, sentado en los corazones de todos los seres; Soy el principio, el medio y también el fin de todos los seres.
Commentary
O Gudakesa I am the soul (Pratyagatma) which exists in the hearts of all beings and I am also the source or origin? the middle or stay? and the end of all created beings. I am the birth? the life and the death of all beings. Meditate on Me as the innermost Self.Gudakesa means either coneror of sleep or thickhaired.He who is able to meditate on the Self with Abheda Bhavana (attitude of nonduality)? is a alified aspirant (Adhikari) of the first class. He who is not able to meditate on the Self should think of the Lord in those things which are mentioned below. This type of meditation is for the aspirants of the middle class.