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BG 10.41 — 10.41 Whatever being there is glorious, prosperous or powerful, that know thou to be a manifestation of a part of My splendour.
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यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा |
तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम् ||१०-४१||

yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā . tattadevāvagaccha tvaṃ mama tejoṃśasambhavam ||10-41||


10.41 Whatever being there is glorious, prosperous or powerful, that know thou to be a manifestation of a part of My splendour.

Word-by-word meanings

10.41 यत् यत् whatever? विभूतिमत् glorious? सत्त्वम् being? श्रीमत् prosperous? ऊर्जितम् powerful? एव also? वा or? तत् तत् that? एव only? अवगच्छ know? त्वम् thou? मम My? तेजोंऽशसंभवम् a manifestation of a part of My splendour.No Commentary.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

10.41 Yat yat, whatever; sattvam, object in the world; is eva, verily; vibhutimat, endowed with majesty; srimad, possessed of prosperity; va, or; is urjitam, energetic, possessed of vigour; tvam, you; avagaccha, know; eva, for certain; tat tat, each of them; as mama tejomsa-sambhavam, having a part (amsa) of My (mama), of God's, power (teja) as its source (sambhavam).

Swami Gambirananda

10.41 Whatever object [All living beings] is verily endowed with majesty, possessed of prosperity, or is energetic, you know for certain each of them as having a part of My power as its source.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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