Bhagavad Gita BG 10.8
Chapter 10, Verse 8 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते । इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ॥
aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate iti matva bhajante mam budha bhava-samanvitah
Meaning
I am the origin of all; everything proceeds from Me. Knowing this, the wise, endowed with bhava (feeling/existence), worship Me.
Understanding
The most compressed and complete statement of Krishna's cosmic centrality: aham sarvasya prabhavah (I am the prabhava — origin, source, emergence — of everything). Mattah sarvam pravartate (from Me everything proceeds, moves, operates). The knowing: iti matva (knowing this) — the wise (budha) who are bhava-samanvita (endowed with bhava — here meaning feeling, love, and also 'existence': being filled with devotional being) bhajante mam (worship Me). The knowing of the source naturally becomes worship of the source.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| प्रभवः | prabhavah | origin, source, emergence |
| प्रवर्तते | pravartate | proceeds, moves, operates |
| इति मत्वा | iti matva | knowing this, having understood this |
| बुधाः | budhah | the wise, the intelligent |
| भावसमन्विताः | bhava-samanvitah | endowed with bhava (feeling, devotional being) |
| अहम् | aham | I am |
| सर्वस्य | sarvasya | of all |
| प्रभवः | prabhavaḥ | the origin, the source |
| मत्तः | mattaḥ | from Me |
| सर्वम् | sarvam | everything |
| इति | iti | thus |
| मत्वा | matvā | having understood |
| भजन्ते | bhajante | worship, serve |
| माम् | mām | Me |
| बुधाः | budhāḥ | the wise |
| भाव-समन्विताः | bhāva-samanvitāḥ | with heartfelt feeling |