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Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Bg 10.32

sargāṇām ādir antaś ca
madhyaṁ caivāham arjuna
adhyātma-vidyā vidyānāṁ
vādaḥ pravadatām aham

Word for word: 

sargāṇām — of all creations; ādiḥ — the beginning; antaḥ — end; ca — and; madhyam — middle; ca — also; eva— certainly; aham — I am; arjuna — O Arjuna; adhyātma–vidyā — spiritual knowledge; vidyānām — of all education; vādaḥ — the natural conclusion; pravadatām — of arguments; aham — I am.

Translation: 

Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth.

 

sargāṇām ādir antaś ca, sargā is creation, ādir antaś ca,

madhyaṁ caivāham Arjuna, of all creation I am beginning, middle and end. Earlier in 10.20 Krishna talked about His pervasions for living being, so beginning, middle and end here He is talking about non-living things sargāṇām ādir antaś ca, all this I am He says, 

adhyātma-vidyā vidyānāṁ, there are various kind of knowledge but the most potent among these are Adhyatma vidya, material vidya can help us in material world to some extent, but it cannot get us out of material world, adhyātma-vidyā can get us out of material world and provide fulfillment in this world. 

vādaḥ pravadatām aham, there are various kinds of arguments but Vadah is the argument which is conclusive

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