Verse-2
Chapter 10 — Vibhuti Yoga
Verse 2
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
na me viduḥ suragaņāḥ prabhavam na maharṣayaḥ
ahamādirhi devānām maharşīņām ch sarvaśaḥ
🕉 English Translation
Utpatti meri na jane koyi,
Ho devata ya vo hon maharishi.
Sabhi devataon ka karan hun mai,
Maharishi bhi sab mujh hee se hain.
📜 Translation
English
Neither the gods nor the great sages know my manifestation, as I am in all respect the source of all gods and the great sages.
The Lord is all in all of this creation. When creation was not in existence then only the Lord was there. All have their source in Him. What to say of ordinary mortals, the gods and the great sages have also originated from Him. He is the primordial cause of all. Prior to Him there was nothing. All is due to Him, but He does not owe His existence to anyone-
The son can understand about the marriage of the father and even about birth prior to that from his father only; but he cannot assert to have knowledge of all that. The gods belong in any case to the class where grandeur is the predominating quality; how can they be aware of the reality of the divine glory of the Lord? The great sages can also not assert that they know Him completely. How can the fathomless, limitless power be brought within the preview of the intellect? The Vedas even while elaborately describing Him still use the word the 'neti' meaning not this, not this, to establish. His pervasiveness which is beyond comprehension. That the ego should be annihilated, the thirst to delve into the depth of the pervasiveness should awaken, welfare lies there. Grasp the mysterious importance of the Supreme Principle, the inner sins Suffering will be removed by this only-