Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 38

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्।।10.38।।

daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣhatām maunaṁ chaivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham

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Word Meanings

daṇḍaḥpunishment
damayatāmamongst means of preventing lawlessness
asmiI am
nītiḥproper conduct
asmiI am
jigīṣhatāmamongst those who seek victory
maunamsilence
chaand
evaalso
asmiI am
guhyānāmamongst secrets
jñānamwisdom
jñāna-vatāmin the wise
ahamI
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Translation

Of those who punish, I am the scepter; among those who seek victory, I am statesmanship; and among secrets, I am silence; I am knowledge among knowers.

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Commentary

10.38 दण्डः the sceptre? दमयताम् among punishers? अस्मि (I) am? नीतिः statesmanship? अस्मि (I) am? जिगीषताम् among thoese who seek victory? मौनम् silence? च and? एव also? अस्मि (I) am? गुह्यानाम् among secrets? ज्ञानम् the knowledge? ज्ञानवताम् among the knowers? अहम् I.Commentary Niti Diplomacy? polity.Maunam The silence produced by constant meditation on Brahman or the Self.Jnanam Knowledge of the Self.

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