Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 10, Verse 8
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।
ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ
also searched as "aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate"
Translation
I am the origin of all; from me everything proceeds. Thinking thus, the wise worship me with all devotion (Bhava).
Vāṇi's rendering
I am the source of everything; from me all things move. Knowing this, the wise love me with full hearts.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अहम्ahaṁ | I |
| सर्वस्यsarvasya | of all, of everything |
| प्रभवःprabhavaḥ | the source, the place things come from (appears as prabhavo before the following m-) |
| मत्तःmattaḥ | from me |
| सर्वम्sarvaṁ | everything, the whole |
| प्रवर्ततेpravartate | moves forth, sets out, keeps going |
| इतिiti | thus, in this way |
| मत्वाmatvā | having understood, having taken it in |
| भजन्तेbhajante | they love, they hold to, they worship |
| माम्māṁ | me |
| बुधाःbudhāḥ | the awake ones, the wise (appears as budhā before bh-) |
| भाव-समन्विताःbhāva-samanvitāḥ | filled through with feeling; carrying the whole heart with them |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 Verse 8 mean?
Krishna says he is the source everything comes from, and that everything is still moving out of him now — not once, long ago, but continuously. Those who truly take this in do not become theorists about it. They become lovers of it. The verse ends in bhāva, feeling, not in argument.
What does aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate mean?
It means: I am the source of everything; from me all things move forth. Prabhavaḥ is not a distant first cause but an origin that never stops originating. Krishna is saying that the flow you are inside of right now — every event, every breath — is issuing from him at this moment.
Why does knowing Krishna is the source lead to love rather than awe?
Awe keeps a distance; it looks up at something vast and stays where it is. Krishna says the wise are bhāva-samanvitāḥ — accompanied by feeling. When you see that you are not merely made by him but continuously arising from him, distance stops making sense. What remains is closeness, and closeness is love.
Who are the budhah, the wise, in this verse?
Not the learned. Budhāḥ comes from waking, not from studying. The wise here are simply those in whom the knowledge went all the way down and changed the temperature of the heart. You can recite this verse and not be among them. You can be unlettered and be among them.
Themes in this verse
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Commentary
Krishna does not say he made everything and stepped back. He says everything is still moving out of him — the breath you just took, the thought arriving now. And notice what the wise do with this. They do not describe it, or prove it, or file it away. They love him, bhāva-samanvitāḥ — filled all the way through with feeling. Arjuna is being shown that the end of understanding is not a conclusion but a warmth. You can hold a true idea coldly for years. Something in you already knows the difference between knowing the source and loving it.