Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna

Divine Teacher

The Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.

Speaking: Chapter 10, Verse 2

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Verse 2

The Yoga of Divine Glories

Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages.

Context & Meaning

Even the gods do not know the origin of the Divine — for the simple reason that the Divine is their origin. The effect cannot fully comprehend its cause. The gods and the great sages arise from Krishna; they cannot trace Him back to something prior. There is no "before" the Absolute.

Scholar Commentaries

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Adi Shankaracharya

Advaita

Brahman is anādi — without beginning. The gods and sages, being finite and originated, cannot reach the root of what has no root. Their knowledge, however vast, has a horizon; Brahman does not.