The Resplendent Lord said:
O Arjuna, listen carefully to this Supreme declaration of Mine. These words desiring your welfare, I will speak to you which will delight you..

Neither the hosts of devas(deities) nor the great seers know My splendour since I am, the sole source of the gods and of the great seers.

He, who knows Me, birthless and beginningless,the great Lord of all worlds,—he, being (thereby) undeluded among the mortals, is released from all demerits.

Intellect, knowledge, absence of delusion, compassion, truth, self-restraint, tranquility, pleasure and pain, becoming and non-becoming, fear and fearlessness, non-injury(non-violence), evenness(equanimity), contentment, austerity, beneficence, success and failure – all such attitudes arise among the creatures from Me alone.

The seven great seers [Rishis] of yore and similarly the four Manus, all are my mental expansions empowered by Me. All these creatures of the world are descended from them.

He who in truth knows My sovereignty and splendour of auspicious attributes, becomes imbued with the unshakeable Yoga of Bhakti; of this, there is no doubt.

I am the Origin of all, from Me all these emanate. Thus being aware, the wise ones endowed with full conviction worship Me.

With their minds focussed on Me, with their life-force centred in Me, confiding in one another and always speaking of Me, they live in contentment and bliss at all times.

To those who constantly devoted and worship me with love, I give them theYoga of wisdom(Understanding) by which they attain me.

Out of compassion for them alone, remaining in their Self as the lamp of Wisdom, I destroy the obscurity arising in them from ignorance, whereby they may attain Me

Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person.
All the Seers speak in this manner about you, the divine seer Narada as well as Asita, Devala, Vyasa and now even You Yourself also speak thus to Me

O Krishna, I am convinced of all this that You say to Me, verily O Ishwara(O Lord)!, neither the devas(deities) nor danavas(Rakshas) know Your true form.

O Supreme Being, O Creator of beings, O Lord of beings, O God of gods, O Ruler of the universe, You Yourself know Yourself by Yourself.

Please tell me in detail of Your divine powers by which You pervade all these worlds and abide in them.

O Absolute one! How may I able to know you, by constant reflections? In which various aspects are You to be thought of by me, O Lord ?

Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, about Your attributes and glories. For I am never satiated by hearing Your ambrosial words.

The Resplendent Lord said:
Certainly will I communicate to you My Divine manifestations. In truth, however, there is no limit to their diversity

I am the Self, O Gudakesha (Arjuna —Conqueror-of-sleep), dwelling in the hearts of all beings.I verily am the beginning, the middle and also the end of all beings.

Among the Adityas I am Vishnu, of luminaries I am the radiant Sun. Of the Maruts I am Marici, and among the constellations I am the Moon.

Of the Vedas I am the Samaveda; I am Indra among the deities(devatas). Among sense-organs I am the Mind, and of sentient beings I am consciousness

Of the Rudras I am Sankara; among the Yakshas and Rakshasa, I am the Lord of wealth (Kubera). Of the Vasus I am Agni; of the peaked mountains, I am Meru.

Of the priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be their chief — Brhaspati. Of the generals, I am Skanda and of the reservoirs of water, I am the ocean

Of the great seers, I am Bhrigu, of the speech, I am AUM, of the yajna(sacrifices, I am the recitation, of the immovable things, I am Himalaya.

Of trees I am the Ashvattha(Peepal); among celestial seers (deva-Rishis) I am Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha and among the perfected beings(Enlightened or sidhas), I am Kapila.

Of horses know Me to be Uccaihshravas the nectar-born. Of lordly elephants, I am Airavata,and among humankind, I am the monarch.

Among weapons, I am the Vajra (thunderbolt). Among cows, I am Kamadhenu; among progenitors, I am Kandarpa (the deity of love). Of the serpents(dragons), I am Vasuki .

Of the celestial Naga snakes I am Ananta. Of aquatic-deities I am Varuna; of the manes(departed ancestors), I am Aryama and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, lord of death.

Among Daityas, I am Prahlada and among reckoners I am Time [Kāla]. Of beasts, I am the lion, and of birds I am Garuda the son of Vinata.

Of purifiers I am the wind. Among warriors I am Rama; among fishes, I am the shark, and amongst rivers, I am Ganga.

I am the beginning the end and also the middle of all creations, O Arjuna. Among sciences I am the Adhyatma(science of the Self). In the discipline of debate, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth

Among the letters of the alphabet I am ‘A’. I am the dual(dvandva samasam) among compound words(samasam); I am Myself everlasting Time and of creators I am Brahma, having faces turn in all directions.

I am all-devouring death. I am the origin of all that shall be born. In women I am fame, fortune, eloquence, memory, intelligence, endurance and forgiveness.

Of the hymns I am Brahat Saman(sung to the Lord Indra), of the poetry (Chhandas) I am Gayatri. Of the months, I am Margashirsha and of the seasons, I am the Spring.

I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.

Of the Vrshni clan I am Vasudeva. Of the Pandavas I am Arjuna. Among sages I am Vyasa and among seers, I am Ushana (Sukra).

Of disciplinarians, I am the principle of punishment. Of seekers of success I am the conduct. Among the mystics, I am Silence; and of those who are wise, I am wisdom.

Whatever is the essence of all beings, O Arjuna, I am that. There is nothing mobile or immobile that can exist without Me.

O mighty conqueror of enemies(Arjuna), there is no end to My divine manifestations. . What has been decribed by Me is but a mere indication of My infinite opulence.

Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations have emanated from but fragment of My splendour.

But of what use to you is all this extensive knowledge[of forms], O Arjuna? I abide, sustaining this whole universe with but a fraction of Myself.