Verse 10.2

न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः ।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः ॥

10.2

Transliteration

na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ |

ahamādirhi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for in every way I am the source of all the gods and the great sages.

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Word by word

not
my
know
the hosts of gods
origin
nor
the great sages

I
the source
for
of the gods
of the great sages
and
in every way

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna begins with a paradox. The gods and the great seers, who stand highest in knowledge among beings, cannot know where he comes from, because he is where they themselves come from. What is derived cannot fully grasp its own source. The verse sets the frame for the whole chapter: everything that follows about the divine presence in the world is offered as a gift of disclosure, not as something any being could work out alone. It also prepares Arjuna to hear that the one beside him in the chariot is more than a friend and kinsman.