Bhagavad Gita 10.22 वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः

Bhagavad Gita 10.22 — word by word

Explanation

Among the Vedas I am the Sama Veda, Krishna says; among the gods I am Indra. Among the senses I am the mind, and in living beings I am consciousness, the awareness that makes them alive. Each item is the finest or most essential of its kind.

The Sama Veda consists of Vedic verses set to melody and sung in ritual; commentators say it is chosen for its beauty of sound. Vasava, lord of the Vasus, is a name of Indra, king of the gods. The mind is counted as the eleventh sense, the one that directs and unifies the others. Cetanā is the power of awareness in a living body; Shankara describes it as the function of intellect that manifests in the body-mind complex. The verse moves from scripture and the heavens to the inner life of every being.

भावार्थ

वेदों में मैं सामवेद हूँ, देवताओं में इन्द्र हूँ, इन्द्रियों में मन हूँ और प्राणियों में चेतना (जीवन-शक्ति) हूँ। सामवेद संगीतमय है और मन सब इन्द्रियों का संचालक है; चेतना ही प्राणियों को जीवित बनाती है।

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