10.38 The silence of secret things Krishna speaks
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्
मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्
daṇḍo damayatām asmi nītir asmi jigīṣhatām
maunaṁ chaivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatām aham
I am the rod of those who restrain, the strategy of those who seek to win. I am the silence of secret things, and the knowledge of those who know.
Explanation
The silence of secret things.
The rod of those who restrain, the strategy of those who seek to win — and maunam, silence, among what is hidden.
A catalogue of manifestations that includes silence as one of them. The list has been finding him in the largest things; here it finds him in the absence of speech.
Word by word
- daṇḍaḥ
- punishment
- damayatām
- amongst means of preventing lawlessness
- asmi
- I am
- nītiḥ
- proper conduct
- asmi
- I am
- jigīṣhatām
- amongst those who seek victory
- maunam
- silence
- cha
- and
- eva
- also
- asmi
- I am
- guhyānām
- amongst secrets
- jñānam
- wisdom
- jñāna-vatām
- in the wise
- aham
- I
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