Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 35
Chapter 10
Verse 36 of 42
Verse 37
Verse 10.36
द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्। जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ॥10.36॥
10.36 dyūtaṃ chalayatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham jayo ‘smi vyavasāyo ‘smi sattvaṃ sattvavatām aham
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

I am the gambling of the deceitful; I am the brilliance of the brilliant. I am victory, I am determination; I am the goodness (sattva) of the good.

Stoller MillerLiterary

I am the dice game of gamblers, the brilliance of fiery heroes. I am victory and resolve, the lucidity of lucid men.

ZaehnerJesuit

(36) I am the dicing of tricksters, glory of the glorious am I; I am victory and I am firm resolve, and the courage of the brave am I.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

10.36 Of the fraudulent I am the gambling; I am the irresistible command of the mighty. I am excellence, I am effort, I am the sattva quality of those possessed of sattva.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

10.36 Of the fraudulent, I am gambling. I am the brilliance of the brilliant. I am victory, I am effort. I am the magnanimity of the magnanimous.

SivanandaVedanta

10.36 I am the gambling of the fraudulent; I am the splendor of the splendid; I am victory; I am determination (of those who are determined); I am the goodness of the good.

Commentaries

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Verse 35
Chapter 10
Verse 36 of 42
Verse 37