bījaṃ māṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ viddhi pārtha sanātanam
buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham
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he pārtha (O son of Pṛthā!),
mām (me) sarva-bhūtānām (of all beings) sanātanam (eternal) bījam (semen) viddhi (you must know).
aham (I) buddhi-matām (of the intelligent) buddhiḥ (intelligence),
tejasvinām (of those having prowess) tejaḥ (vigour) asmi (I am).
| bījam |
– |
bīja 2n.1 n. – seed, semen, source; |
| mām |
– |
asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
| sarva-bhūtānām |
– |
sarva-bhūta 6n.3 m.; sarvāṇāṁ bhūtānām iti – of all beings (from: sarva – all, whole; √bhū – to be, PP bhūta – been, real, world); |
| viddhi |
– |
√vid (to know, to understand) Imperat. P 2v.1 – you must know; |
| pārtha |
– |
pārtha 8n.1 m. – O son of Pṛthā (from: √pṛth – to extend, pṛthā – Kuntī, mother of the sons of Pāṇḍu); |
| sanātanam |
– |
sanātana 2n.1 n. – eternal, primeval; |
| buddhiḥ |
– |
buddhi 1n.1 f. – intelligence, thought, understanding, knowledge, idea, opinion (from: √budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand); |
| buddhimatām |
– |
buddhimant 6n.3 m. – of the intelligent (from: √budh – to wake, to perceive, to understand, buddhi – intelligence, thought, understanding, knowledge, idea, opinion; -mant / -vant – suffix denoting one who possesses); |
| asmi |
– |
√as (to be) Praes. P 3v.1 – I am; |
| tejaḥ |
– |
tejas 1n.1 n. – sharpness, heat, splendour, vigour, semen (from: √tij – to sharpen, to tolerate); |
| tejasvinām |
– |
tejasvin 6n.3 m. – of those having prowess, of ascetics (from: √tij – to sharpen, to tolerate, tejas – sharpness, heat, splendour, prowess, semen; -in, -min, -vin – sufixes meaning one who possesses); |
| aham |
– |
asmat sn. 1n.1 – I; |
The fourth pada of verse 7.10 is the same as the second pada of verse BhG 10.36;
bījaṃ praroha-kāraṇaṃ māṃ viddhi sarva-bhūtānāṃ he pārtha sanātanaṃ cirantanam | kiṃ ca, buddhir viveka-śaktir antaḥ-karaṇasya buddhimatāṃ viveka-śaktimatām asmi | tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ tadvatāṃ tejasvinām aham
commentary under the verse BhG 7.11
kiṃ ca bījam iti | sarveṣāṃ carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ bījaṃ sajātīya-kāryotpādana-sāmarthyam | sanātanaṃ nityam uttarottara-sarva-kāryeṣv anusyūtam | tad eva bījaṃ mad-vibhūtiṃ viddhi | na tu prativyakti vinaśyam | tathā buddhimatāṃ buddhiḥ prajñāham asmi | tejasvināṃ pragalbhānāṃ tejaḥ pragalbhatām
sarvāṇi bhūtāni sva-sva-bījeṣu protāni na tu svayīti cen nety āha bījam iti | yat sarva-bhūtānāṃ sthāvara-jaṅgamānām ekaṃ bījaṃ kāraṇaṃ | sanātanaṃ nityaṃ bījāntarānapekṣaṃ na tu prativyakti-bhinnam anityaṃ vā tad-avyākṛtākhyaṃ sarva-bījaṃ mām eva viddhi na tu mad-bhinnaṃ he pārtha | ato yuktam ekasminn eva mayi sarva-bīje protatvaṃ sarveṣām ity arthaḥ | kiṃ ca buddhis tattvātattva-viveka-sāmarthyaṃ tādṛśa-buddhimatām aham asmi | buddhi-rūpe mayi buddhimantaḥ protā viśeṣaṇābhāve viśiṣṭābhāvasyoktatvāt | tathā tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ parābhibhava-sāmarthyaṃ pariś cānabhibhāvyatvaṃ tejasvināṃ tathāvidha-prāgalbhya-yuktānāṃ yat tad aham asmi, tejo-rūpe mayi tejasvinaḥ protā ity arthaḥ
bījam avikṛtaṃ kāraṇaṃ pradhānākhyam ity arthaḥ | sanātanaṃ nityaṃ buddhimatāṃ buddhir eva sāraḥ
sarva-bhūtānāṃ carācarāṇāṃ yad eka-bījaṃ sanātanaṃ nityaṃ, na tu prativyakti-bhinnam anityaṃ vā tat pradhānākhyaṃ sarva-bījaṃ mām eva viddhi tad-rūpayā vibhūtyā tāny ahaṃ pālayāmi tat-pareṇa hi tāni puṣyante | buddhiḥ sārāsāra-vivekavatī | tejaḥ prāgalbhyaṃ parābhibhava-sāmarthyaṃ parān abhibhāvyatvaṃ ca
