Krishna is the beginning (creation), the middle (process), and the end (conclusion) of everything (BG 10.20, BG 10.32). He is the Supersoul within everyone’s heart. (BG 10.20) Krishna is either the essence or the chief member of various objects or groups of living entities and states. In order to give us a mere indication of His expansive opulence, Krishna lists down 19 categories of objects, 33 groups of living entities, and 26 essential states, qualities or activities (totaling 78). Each and every object that possesses power, beauty, or true excellence is simply exhibiting an insignificant spark of Krishna’s splendor. (BG 10.41)
| Objects | Chief or Essence | Verse |
| Luminaries | Radiant sun | BG 10.21 |
| Maruts (Storms) | Marīci (Fiercest wind) | BG 10.21 |
| Lunar mansions | Moon | BG 10.21 |
| Vedas | Sāma Veda | BG 10.22 |
| Senses | Mind | BG 10.22 |
| Mountain peaks | Meru | BG 10.23 |
| Bodies of water | Ocean | BG 10.24 |
| Words | oṁ | BG 10.25 |
| Immovable things | Himālayas | BG 10.25 |
| Weapons | Thunderbolt | BG 10.28 |
| Subduers | Time (inexhaustible) | BG 10.30, BG 10.33 |
| Purifiers | Wind | BG 10.31 |
| Flowing rivers | Ganges | BG 10.31 |
| Letters | The letter A | BG 10.33 |
| Compound words | Dual compound | BG 10.33 |
| Hymns in the Sāma Veda | Bṛhat-sāma (the great hymn) | BG 10.35 |
| Metered chants | Gāyatrī | BG 10.35 |
| Months | Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December) | BG 10.35 |
| Seasons | Flower-bearing spring | BG 10.35 |
| Group of living entities | Chief member | Verse |
| Souls | Supersoul | BG 10.20 |
| Aditya | Vishnu | BG 10.21 |
| Demigods | Indra | BG 10.22 |
| Rudras | Lord Śiva | BG 10.23 |
| Yakṣas and Rākṣasas | Kuvera (God of wealth) | BG 10.23 |
| Vasus | Agni (Fire-god) | BG 10.23 |
| Priests | Bṛhaspati | BG 10.24 |
| Generals | Kārttikeya | BG 10.24 |
| Great sages | Bhṛgu | BG 10.25 |
| Trees | Banyan tree | BG 10.26 |
| God-sages | Nārada | BG 10.26 |
| Gandharvas | Citraratha | BG 10.26 |
| Perfected beings | Sage Kapila | BG 10.26 |
| Horses | Uccaiḥśravā | BG 10.27 |
| Lordly elephants | Airāvata | BG 10.27 |
| Men | Monarch | BG 10.27 |
| Cows | Wish-fulfilling Surabhi cow | BG 10.28 |
| Causes for procreation | Kandarpa (God of love) | BG 10.28 |
| Serpents | Vāsuki | BG 10.28 |
| Nāgas | Ananta | BG 10.29 |
| Aquatics | Varuṇa | BG 10.29 |
| Departed ancestors | Aryamā | BG 10.29 |
| Dispensers of law | Yama (God of death) | BG 10.29 |
| Daitya demons | Prahlāda | BG 10.30 |
| Beasts | Lion | BG 10.30 |
| Birds | Garuḍa | BG 10.30 |
| Wielders of weapon | Paraśurāma | BG 10.31 |
| Fishes | Shark | BG 10.31 |
| Creators | Brahmā | BG 10.33 |
| Descendants of Vṛṣṇi | Vāsudeva | BG 10.37 |
| Pāṇḍavas | Arjuna | BG 10.37 |
| Sages | Vyāsa | BG 10.37 |
| Great thinkers | Uśanā | BG 10.37 |
| States or Activities or Group | Essential quality or activity | Verse |
| Living things | Consciousness or life force | BG 10.22 |
| Sacrifices | japa | BG 10.25 |
| Creations | The beginning, the end and the middle | BG 10.20, BG 10.32 |
| Education | Spiritual education | BG 10.32 |
| Stated claims | Conclusive truth | BG 10.32 |
| All-devouring death | BG 10.34 | |
| All that is yet to be | The generating principle | BG 10.34 |
| Feminine | Fame, Beauty, Speech, Memory, Intelligence, Steadfastness, Forgiveness | BG 10.34 |
| Cheats | Gambling | BG 10.36 |
| Splendid | Splendor | BG 10.36 |
| Victory | BG 10.36 | |
| Adventure | BG 10.36 | |
| Superior qualities | Pure goodness | BG 10.36 |
| Means of suppressing lawlessness | Punishment | BG 10.38 |
| Those seeking victory | Morality | BG 10.38 |
| Secrets | Silence | BG 10.38 |
| Wise | Wisdom | BG 10.38 |
| All existences | Generating seed | BG 10.39 |
