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Among the Vedas I am the Sama-Veda; I am Vasava among the gods; among the senses I am the mind; and I am intelligence among living beings.

Among the Vedas I am the Sama Veda; among the gods I am Vasava. Among the senses I am the mind, and in beings I am awareness.

Krishna moves from the sky to scripture, the gods and the inner life. Among the Vedas he names the Sama Veda, the Veda of chanted melody, valued for its beauty in ritual song. Among the gods he names Vasava, a title of Indra, their king. Among the senses he is the mind (manas), which coordinates the others and without which no sense perceives anything. In living beings he is cetanā, awareness or the power of consciousness. The verse travels inward from sound to sovereignty to thought to the bare fact of being aware.