Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: Verse 37
वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनंजय:।
मुनीनामप्यहं व्यास:कवीनामुशना कवि:॥
vṛṣṇīnāṃ vāsudevo’smi pāṇḍavānāṃ dhanañjaya:
munīnām-apy-ahaṃ vyāsa: kavīnām-uśanā kavi: – 10.37
I (the Supreme) am Vāsudeva (Krishna) among the Vrishnis, Dhananjaya (Arjuna) among the Pandavas. Among philosopher Saints, I am Vyasa, and among the sage-poets, Shukracharya the far-sighted.
Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga - Verse 37
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
How revealing is the fact that Krishna lists himself and Arjuna present in the chariot engaged in this war-field dialogue as manifestations of divine glory. The spiritual seeker and the enlightened Master, both represent special divine splendour.
What more? Sage Vyasa, who authored Mahabharata and hence Bhagavad Gita, is equally a manifestation of the same divine glory. In fact, all Knowers are.
Krishna brings Shukracharya also to the list. When Lord Vishnu went to Mahabali as Vamana, the special dwarf, begging for just three feet measure of earth, Shukracharya warned his disciple Mahabali that it was Vishnu who came as an imposter to rob the King of all his possessions, and he should not blindly yield. Krishna gives this priest of the Asuras also the status of special divine manifestation.
One should wonder whether there is anything in the visible creation not depicting the glory of the Supreme!
