Shloka 14
Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi
Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / विज्ञाय जांबवत्याश्च तदन्येषां खगाधिप / उत्तमानां च साम्यं तु उत्तमावेशतो भवेत्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / vijñāya jāṃbavatyāśca tadanyeṣāṃ khagādhipa / uttamānāṃ ca sāmyaṃ tu uttamāveśato bhavet
Śrī Kṛṣṇa sprach: „O Herr der Vögel, nachdem du (den Zustand) Jāmbavatīs und der anderen ebenfalls erkannt hast, wisse: Gleichheit unter den Vorzüglichen entsteht daraus, dass sie von der höchsten (göttlichen) Gegenwart durchdrungen sind.“
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as the narrator-speaker addressing Garuḍa)
Concept: Uttamāveśa: the ‘highest presence’ pervades/inhabits the excellent, producing functional equality among them.
Vedantic Theme: Antaryāmin/pervasion: the Supreme as inner controller enabling excellence; unity underlying apparent plurality.
Application: Honor diverse exemplary beings/roles without rivalry; recognize excellence as participation in a higher principle, cultivating humility and reverence.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.28.15 (dependence of lesser qualities on the superior)
FAQs
This verse states that true sameness among the spiritually excellent is not social but metaphysical—arising when the Highest Reality pervades or fully “enters” one’s being, dissolving comparative distinctions.
By pointing to “sāmya” (equality) as an effect of the Highest’s presence, the verse implies that exalted states converge when the same supreme divine principle becomes the inner basis of all.
Cultivate devotion, ethical living, and contemplative practice aimed at inner transformation; the verse frames genuine equality as the fruit of spiritual realization rather than external rank.