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द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्। जयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम्।।10.36।।

dyūtaṁ chhalayatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham jayo ’smi vyavasāyo ’smi sattvaṁ sattvavatām aham

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 36
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
I am the gambling of the deceitful; I am the splendor of the splendid; I am victory; I am the resolve of the resolute; I am the goodness of the good.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: he is the gambling of the fraudulent, the splendor of the splendid, he is victory, effort, and the goodness of the good, again including something ethically ambiguous, deceit in gambling, within the same unified list as clearly virtuous qualities.

In life: the presence of even ethically ambiguous human behavior within this list of manifestations suggests a scope broad enough to include the full range of human activity, not only its cleanest, most admirable slice.

Teaching: extend the same broad, inclusive scope to your own understanding of a full human life, one that inevitably includes some ethically ambiguous chapters, rather than only counting the cleanest, most admirable parts as genuinely part of your story.

dyūtamgambling
chhalayatāmof all cheats
asmiI am
tejaḥthe splendor
tejasvināmof the splendid
ahamI
jayaḥvictory
asmiI am
vyavasāyaḥfirm resolve
asmiI am
sattvamvirtue
sattva-vatāmof the virtuous
ahamI

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
10.36 द्यूतम् the gambling? छलयताम् of the fraudulent? अस्मि (I) am? तेजः splendour? तेजस्विनाम् of the splendid? अहम् I? जयः victory? अस्मि (I) am? व्यवसायः determination? अस्मि (I) am? सत्त्वम् the goodness? सत्त्ववताम् of the good? अहम् I.Commentary Of the methods of defrauding others I am gambling such as diceplay. Gambling is My manifestation. I am the power of the powerful. I am the victoyr of the victorious. I am the effort of those who make that effort.I am Sattva which assumes the forms of Dharma (virtue)? Jnana (knowledge)? Vairagya (dispassion)? and Aisvarya (wealth or lordship) in Sattvic persons.