Chapter 10 · Verse 38

Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्

daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣhatām maunaṁ chaivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham

Word Meanings

daṇḍaḥ damayatām asmi nītiḥ asmi jigīṣhatām maunam cha eva asmi guhyānām jñānam jñāna-vatām aham

Translation

Of punishers I am the rod of justice, of those who seek victory I am wise strategy, of secrets I am silence, and of the wise I am wisdom.

Commentary

दण्डः the sceptre? दमयताम् among punishers? अस्मि (I) am? नीतिः statesmanship? अस्मि (I) am? जिगीषताम् among thoese who seek victory? मौनम् silence? च and? एव also? अस्मि (I) am? गुह्यानाम् among secrets? ज्ञानम् the knowledge? ज्ञानवताम् among the knowers? अहम् I.Commentary Niti Diplomacy? polity.Maunam The silence produced by constant meditation on Brahman or the Self.Jnanam Knowledge of the Self.