Bhagavad Gita BG 7.10
Chapter 7, Verse 10 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् । बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥
bijam mam sarva-bhutanam viddhi partha sanatanam buddhir buddhimatam asmi tejas tejasvinam aham
Meaning
Know Me as the eternal seed of all beings, O Partha. I am the intelligence of the intelligent, the brilliance of the brilliant.
Understanding
Bija — seed, source, origin. Krishna is the sanatanam bija (eternal seed) of sarva-bhutanam (all beings). Not just the first cause in time but the eternal, ever-present seed from which every being arises and continues to draw existence. And further: buddhir buddhimatam — the INTELLIGENCE of the intelligent (not intelligence itself, but the intelligence IN the intelligent — the very quality that makes an intelligent person intelligent). Tejas tejasvinam — the brilliance of the brilliant. The divine is the quality-of-the-quality.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| बीजम् | bijam | seed, origin, source |
| सनातनम् | sanatanam | eternal, primordial, without beginning |
| बुद्धिमताम् | buddhimatam | of the intelligent ones |
| तेजस्विनाम् | tejasvinam | of the brilliant, of those with radiance |
| बीजम् | bījam | seed, origin |
| माम् | mām | Me |
| सर्व-भूतानाम् | sarva-bhūtānām | of all beings |
| विद्धि | viddhi | know, understand |
| पार्थ | pārtha | O Arjuna |
| सनातनम् | sanātanam | eternal, primeval |
| बुद्धिः | buddhiḥ | intelligence |
| बुद्धिमताम् | buddhimatām | of the intelligent |
| अस्मि | asmi | I am |
| तेजः | tejaḥ | brilliance, splendor |
| तेजस्विनाम् | tejasvinām | of the brilliant |
| अहम् | aham | I |