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 8, Verse 9

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Verse 9

Hard Verse

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun, and He is transcendental, beyond this material nature.

Context & Meaning

A meditation object of profound richness: the Supreme is the all-knowing ancient poet of creation, subtler than the atom, the sustainer of all, of inconceivable form, radiant as the sun, and transcendent to all darkness. To hold this vision in meditation is to be transformed by it.

Scholar Commentaries

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Ramanujacharya

Vishishtadvaita

Each epithet opens a different window into the nature of the Divine. Kavi (poet-seer), purāṇa (most ancient), aṇoraṇīyān (subtler than the subtle) — together they paint the portrait of a Being that transcends all mental categories while remaining personally real.