Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: Verse 32
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन ।
अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वाद:प्रवदतामहम् ॥
sargāṇām-ādir-antaś-ca madhyaṃ caivāham-arjuna
adhyātma-vidyā vidyānāṃ vāda: pravadatām-aham – 10.32
Of all created things, I (the Supreme) am the beginning, middle and the end, O Arjuna. Of all knowledges, I am the spiritual science; of debaters, I am logic itself.
Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga - Verse 32
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In creational display, the Supreme’s glory inheres in the beginning, middle and the end alike. Any outcome follows a process, initiated by the source, the Supreme. Following extinction of all creation, the Supreme alone will exist. That distinction-less presence alone displays creation. Past, present and future are its revelations.
Appropriate enquiry leads to true knowledge. Spiritual knowledge results from the inner probe to comprehend the magnitude and potential of the ‘I’, the Self. Mind and intelligence are the only tools employed for the purpose. In objective sciences also, the same mind and intelligence work.
Among debaters, the Supreme is in the powerful argument itself. Draupadi evidenced this in the Kuru assembly, by subduing all present. It is the force of her argument that made her win the cause.
