Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: Verse 22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासव:।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
vedānāṃ sāmavedo’smi devānāmasmi vāsava:
indriyāṇāṃ manaścāsmi bhūtānām-asmi cetanā – 10.22
Among the Vedas, I (the Supreme) am Sāma-veda; among the gods, I am Vāsava (Indra). Of the senses, I am mind (the sixth sense). In all the living beings, I am Consciousness (making everyone conscious of himself as well as others).
Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga - Verse 22
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Omnipresent Supreme is present in everything and all. Yet none is able to access it. Mind and intelligence build their knowledge using comparison and contrast. Krishna thus presents selected items, wherein the Supreme is pronounced. An earnest mind naturally gets drawn to them. Thereupon it strives to enlarge its vision and comprehend the Supreme as the transcendental full.
Sāma-veda’s Mahā-vākya “Tat tvam asi – You are the Supreme”, is the essence of the Teacher’s instructions. Indra features in all Vedic rituals.
Consciousness, animating the three states of wakefulness, sleep and dream, is the closest expression of the Supreme. Does the seeker have to go anywhere searching the Supreme then? He only has to delve within, bypass the mind, intelligence and ego, and grasp the ‘I’.
