Verse 10.32
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन | अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ||३२||
Transliteration (IAST)
sarganam adir antas ca madhyam caivaham arjuna | adhyatma-vidya vidyanam vadah pravadatam aham ||32||
Word-by-Word Meanings
Translation
Of creations I am the beginning, the middle, and the end, O Arjuna. Among sciences I am the science of the Self (adhyatma-vidya); and among debaters I am the logical conclusion (vada).
Commentary
Krishna encompasses all temporal phases of creation. Adhyatma-vidya (Self-knowledge) is supreme among sciences because it alone leads to liberation. Vada represents honest dialectic aimed at truth, as opposed to jalpa (sophistry) or vitanda (destructive argument). Shankaracharya emphasizes that Self-knowledge is the highest because it destroys the root of all suffering.