Chapter 10: Vibhooti Yoga, verse 22
वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
Say itvedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ
indriyāṇāṁ manaśh chāsmi bhūtānām asmi chetanā
Translation
Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Vasava; among the senses, I am the mind; and among living beings, I am intelligence.
Swami Sivananda
Among the Vedas, I am the Sama-Veda; among the gods, I am Indra. Among the organs, I am the mind, and I am the intelligence in creatures.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Of the Vedas, I am the Samaveda; of gods, I am Indra; of sense-organs, I am the mind; and of living beings, I am consciousness.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Of the Vedas, I am the Samaveda; of the gods, I am Vasava (Indra); of the sense-organs, I am the mind; of the beings, I am the consciousness.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Of the Vedas, I am the hymns; I am the electric force in the powers of nature; of the senses, I am the mind; and I am the intelligence in all that lives.
Shri Purohit Swami
मैं वेदोंमें सामवेद हूँ, देवताओंमें इन्द्र हूँ, इन्द्रियोंमें मन हूँ और प्राणियोंकी चेतना हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
मैं वेदों में सामवेद हूँ, देवों में वासव (इन्द्र) हूँ; मैं इन्द्रियों में मन और भूतप्राणियों में चेतना (ज्ञानशक्ति) हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.