Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 10

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The excellence in Beings come from God 10-12

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 10

Mahavishnu as the source of all manifestation

Bijam mam sarva bhutanam viduhi partha sanatanam I

Budhtih buddhi matam asmi tejah tejasvinam aham II sloka १०

बीजं माम सर्व भूतानां विदुहि पार्थ सनातनम् ।

बुद्तिः बुद्धि मतां अस्मि तेजः तेजस्विनां अहं ।। श्लोक १०

Know Me, O Partha, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent; the splendour of the splendid.

The constant source is otherwise known as the eternal seed. The ocean is the eternal seed of the clouds that appear and disappear. The Lord is this way the source of all beings. He being eternal, the varieties of beings coming into existence is inevitable and endless. Having a reverential attitude to all of them amounts to the adoration of their source, the Lord. 

Beings are classified as the high and the low in accordance with the intelligence evident in them. Clarification  of the intelligence is one of the noble purposes of life. As it gets clarified the cognizance of the atman becomes clear. In whomsoever there is intelligence, it has to be adored, even as the Lord is adored.

Tejas & Ojas  are both splendours born of the ethical and spiritual excellence. While the latter is internal and invisible, the former is patent on the body, particularly the face. Being endowed with this splendour is no accident, fluke or oddity of nature. It is the outcome of the divine life that one lives. The spiritual splendour is itself the presence of the Lord evoking adoration.