BG 10.22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना
vedānāṃ sāmavedo 'smi
devānām asmi vāsavaḥ
indriyāṇāṃ manaś cāsmi
bhūtānām asmi cetanā
SYNONYMS
vedānām: Of the Vedas | sāma-vedaḥ: Samaveda | asmi 1: I am | devānām: Of gods | asmi 2: I am | vāsavaḥ: Indra | indriyāṇām: Of sense-organs | manaḥ: the Manas (mind) | ca: and | asmi 3: I am | bhūtānām: of living beings | asmi 4: I am | cetanā: consciousness |
TRANSLATION
Of the Vedas I am Samaveda. Of gods, I am Indra. Of sense-organs I am the Manas (mind), and of living beings I am consciousness.
PURPORT
Of the Vedas, namely, of Ṛk, Yajus, Saman, Atharva, I am that Samaveda which is the paramount one. Of the gods, I am Indra. Of eleven sense-organs, I am the sense-organ called Manas which is most paramount. Of living beings, namely, of those with consciousness, I am that consciousness. Here too the genitive is not used for specifying.