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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.15
स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम ।
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥ १५ ॥
svayam evātmanātmānaṁ
vettha tvaṁ puruṣottama
bhūta-bhāvana bhūteśa
deva-deva jagat-pate
Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the universe!
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
3 study points
Kṛṣṇa alone knows Himself by His own internal power. He is the Supreme Person, the source and Lord of all.
Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa can be known through a relationship with Him in devotional service.
Follow Arjuna’s example: learn Bhagavad-gītā from Kṛṣṇa, not from those who deny Him.
‘Tell me more’ — In the next 5 verses (10.15 – 10.19) Arjuna asks Krishna to tell him more of His glories
Arjuna says “Only the Lord can fully know Himself by His own internal potency”
Of his opulences
Arjuna refers to previous authorities
Thus confirms Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Also by his own realisation)
Prays to Krishna to hear more of his glories so that he can always think of Him and remember Him
Otherwise Krishna will remain unknowable
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 10.15 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to questions & crisis?
Write down the real question behind your current dilemma.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.