Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe 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 7, Verse 10
Verse 10
The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization
O son of Pritha, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.
Context & Meaning
The seed of every being — that primordial potential from which all life unfolds — is none other than the eternal Krishna. He is also the sharpness in the sharp mind and the brilliance that makes the brilliant shine. The best in everything is the Divine revealing itself.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainAdi Shankaracharya
AdvaitaThe seed (bīja) is the primal cause. Krishna is the sanātana (eternal) seed — not created, not destroyed, but ever the source of all becoming. To know this is to see causality itself as Divine.