# Bhagavad Gita 10.23

**Canonical reference:** `gita.10.23`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम्।
वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥

## IAST

rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām
vasūnāṃ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

I am consciousness in (living) beings. And I am Śaṅkara among the Rudras the lord of wealth among Yakṣas and Rakṣases. And I am fire among the Vasus and Meru among the high-topped (mountains). And know me

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