The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

╭ chapter ten
that meter, which has been chanted every morning by countless
worshippers for three thousand years.
It is fitting that among seasons Krishna is the spring, the
season of flowers. Less easily understood is his claim to be
the gambling of gamblers. Krishna has a sense of play, and
as gambling is the obsession of the gambler, it seems natural
that Krishna might claim this as a vibhuti . Also, in ancient
India gambling was considered a royal pastime, and no king
of repute would refuse a friendly game of dice.
In the human realm, Krishna is the “son of Vasudeva,” a
prince of the Vrishni line – in other words, the human form
that is Arjuna’s friend and charioteer. He is also Arjuna! And
he is Vyasa, the composer of the Gita – indeed, of the whole
Mahabharata.
Wherever Arjuna finds strength, beauty, or power, Krishna
concludes, he should recognize it as coming from a spark of
Krishna’s glory. Then, after overwhelming Arjuna with this
stupendous list of divine powers and revelations, Krishna
asks casually, “But what use is it to know all of these details?
The important fact is to know that I am, and that a tiny portion
of my being supports all things.”
– d.m.
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