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TEXT 10

TEXT 10

Devanagari

Devanagari

बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।
बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥ १० ॥

Text

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bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
viddhi pārtha sanātanam
buddhir buddhimatām asmi
tejas tejasvinām aham
bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
viddhi pārtha sanātanam
buddhir buddhimatām asmi
tejas tejasvinām aham

Synonyms

Synonyms

bījam — the seed; mām — Me; sarva-bhūtānām — of all living entities; viddhi — try to understand; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; sanātanam — original, eternal; buddhiḥ — intelligence; buddhi-matām — of the intelligent; asmi — I am; tejaḥ — prowess; tejasvinām — of the powerful; aham — I am.

bījam: la graine; mām: Moi; sarva-bhūtānām: de tous les êtres; viddhi: essaie de comprendre; pārtha: ô fils de Pṛthā; sanātanam: originelle, éternelle; buddhiḥ: l’intelligence; buddhi-matām: de l’intelligent; asmi: Je suis; tejaḥ: la prouesse; tejasvinām: du puissant; aham: Je suis.

Translation

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.

Apprends, ô fils de Pṛthā, que Je suis la semence initiale de tous les êtres. De l’intelligent Je suis l’intelligence, et du puissant, la prouesse.

Purport

Purport

Bījam means seed; Kṛṣṇa is the seed of everything. There are various living entities, movable and inert. Birds, beasts, men and many other living creatures are moving living entities; trees and plants, however, are inert – they cannot move, but only stand. Every entity is contained within the scope of 8,400,000 species of life; some of them are moving and some of them are inert. In all cases, however, the seed of their life is Kṛṣṇa. As stated in Vedic literature, Brahman, or the Supreme Absolute Truth, is that from which everything is emanating. Kṛṣṇa is Para-brahman, the Supreme Spirit. Brahman is impersonal and Para-brahman is personal. Impersonal Brahman is situated in the personal aspect – that is stated in Bhagavad-gītā. Therefore, originally, Kṛṣṇa is the source of everything. He is the root. As the root of a tree maintains the whole tree, Kṛṣṇa, being the original root of all things, maintains everything in this material manifestation. This is also confirmed in the Vedic literature (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13):

Kṛṣṇa est la semence originelle de tous les êtres vivants (bījam). On dénombre 8400000 espèces variées d’entités vivantes mobiles (hommes, bêtes, oiseaux...) et immobiles (plantes, arbres), et de toutes Kṛṣṇa est l’origine. Les Écrits védiques établissent que le Brahman, la Vérité Absolue, est ce dont tout émane. Or, Kṛṣṇa est le Para-brahman, l’Esprit Suprême. Le Brahman est impersonnel alors que le Para-brahman est, Lui, personnel; le premier étant inclus dans le second. Tel est l’enseignement de la Bhagavad-gītā. Kṛṣṇa est donc la source initiale de tout ce qui existe. Tout comme l’arbre entier est soutenu par ses racines, la création entière repose sur Kṛṣṇa, la racine de toute chose. La Kaṭha Upaniṣad (2.2.13) confirme ainsi ce point:

nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām
eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān
nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām
eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān

He is the prime eternal among all eternals. He is the supreme living entity of all living entities, and He alone is maintaining all life. One cannot do anything without intelligence, and Kṛṣṇa also says that He is the root of all intelligence. Unless a person is intelligent he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

D’entre tous les êtres éternels, Kṛṣṇa est l’Être éternel primordial, l’Être vivant suprême, l’unique soutien de toute vie, mais également, selon Ses propres paroles, l’origine de l’intelligence, sans laquelle nul ne peut agir et nul ne peut Le connaître.