Summary of BG 10.37-42 (end of 10th chapter)

BG 10.37: Of the descendants of Vṛṣṇi I am Vāsudeva, and of the Pāṇḍavas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vyāsa, and among great thinkers I am Uśanā.

BG 10.38: 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.

BG 10.39: Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being — moving or nonmoving — that can exist without Me.

BG 10.40: O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences.

BG 10.41: Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.

BG 10.42: But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.

The opulence of the absolute. In this conclusion, Krishna says he's the generating seed of all existence and there is no being moving or nonmoving. When SP was disappearing, he said everything animate and non-animate is coming from Krishna and that is KC. This is the conciousness of a devotee. Everything, animate, inanimate, living, nonliving is coming from Krishna as Krishna is the seed of all existences. I'm the seed giving father of everything. There is nothing separate from Krishna. That is what SP is explaining here. Whenever we think something is separate from Krishna and we engage in something different from Krishna it's maya. That is the primary theme of this chapter. Everythign is coming from Krishna and he says there is no end to his manifestations. He says his glories are unlimited and nobody can chant all his glories. They all are just spark of his glories as described in this chapter. From a single fragment of him, he's taking care of this universe. Krishna says I ensure that all planets are in their orbits, Everybody is an expansion of Krishna. Everybody is derieving his power from Krishna.

Brahmaji when born, performs tapasya and then gets knowledge from Krishna and creates the entire universe. Brahmaji is actually responsible to create progeny. He creates the sapta rishis. They are all part and parcels of Krishna. Getting inspiration from the internal energy of Krishna. Srimati Radharani, the ladini shakti of Krishna is actually responsible for the devotee to perform devotional service of Krishna to provide pleasure to Krishna. Hence, through her, everybody is getting the power to perform devotional service to Krishna.

Krishna is also entering into every atom in the creation. We see every item in the creation is getting its energy to exist from Krishna. Then what is the opulence of Krishna in the spiritual world. Its just unfathomable. We can't understand Krishna's opulence at all. Even brahmaji can't understand his opulence, what can we?? This chapter gives us a glimse of Krishna's opulences so we get the understanding that he's the supreme and we feel that we want to surrender, please and serve him. Because he's the ultimate personality. When we are engaged in the services to Krishna then we shall with intensity perform dev service to Krishna. Mind is very chancal and hence when we understand the opulence of Krishna, we will be excited to perform devotional service to Krishna.  However we must regularly recite the 10the chapter and not lose sight of the opulences of Krishna.

BG 10.31-34 Summary

BG 10.31: Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.

BG 10.32: Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth.

BG 10.33: Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahmā.

BG 10.34: I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, fine speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience.

(purport of 10.34 read)

The beginning of Sanskrit letters- A is the beginning of the Vedas- that is Krsna.

Among killers, time is the greatest killer- time is nothing but energy of Krsna. Time is the ultimate killer in the material world. Everyone has to bow down to inexhaustable time regardless of how popular/ rich etc they are. ALexander the Great also could not conquer time- he left empty handed despite being so valiant.
Each moment wasted is wasted and cannot be brought back even by paying millions of $$$$

Time is so powerful, it is making everyone old, things are passing by before our very eyes. Time is Krsna's energy.

Krsna expalins the opulances are al Krsna. Fame is non different than Krsna. Fortunate is Krsna. Everything good or bad is coming from Krsna- it is Krsna, nothing is separate from Krsna- the reason to separate is maya- and so the living entity can claim propreitorship and further propells the living entity into the cycle of suffering. But Krsna is so merciful that he wants to help the living entity out of this illusory cycle and remember Krsna everywhere. Therefore Krsna is also called as Jaganath.
Yesterday the Puri rath yathra took place- it is the most populated and attended festival in the world.
The dieties are placed on thier chariots and brought to the Gaundicha temple.
Krsna performed this pastime, when everyone (Brajvasis) gathered on the banks of Ganga- Brajvasis put Krsna on the chariot and wanted to bring Krsna back to Vrindavan from Kurukshetra.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lilas He demonstrated a pastime of Gaundicha - Mahaprabhu took all the devotees to the Gaundicha temple as the Rath Yathra was approaching- he begged to be allowed to clean the temple as the Lord was about to enter his temple. Mahaprabhu was esctatically cleaning the temple and the dust accumulated by Mahaprabhu was much more than any other devotee- thus showing his enthusiasm to clean the temple of the Lord.

(first verse of Sikshashtikam)
Before Lord can come into our heart- we should clean our heart- through chanting His Holy Name.

Enthusiasm, Patience and Cleanliness- qualities essential in excelling in devotional service.

Entire progress in our devotional service depends on our enthusiasm to perform.

After dusting the Temple, the Temple was cleansed with water. Thus our hearts should be completely cleansed before being able to make progress in devotional service.

The rath yathra demonstrates how we bring the Lord to his temple- thus through devotional service we bring the Lord into our hearts.

DUring the Rasa Lila Krsna performed rasa with each Gopi, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu was seen dancing in all circles during the Rath Yathra festival.

Krsna- Caitanya Mahaprabhu- Jaganath: all the same - Jaganath is 'drunk' because of the love that Radha Rani has for Krsna encompassed in Caitanya Mahaprabhu.He is intoxicated by the love of Srimati Radharani.


Glories of Krnsa and Balaram was narrated by Yashoda- Krsna and Balaram became esctatic- hence the Jaganath form of Krsna- is most merciful.
He comes out of his temple to give darshan to everyone- he is in esctasy- does not discriminate in his devotees- he is most merciful.