# Bhagavad Gita 10.38

**Canonical reference:** `gita.10.38`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्।
मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥

## IAST

daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām
maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

I am the rod of those that restrain, and the policy of those that desire victory. I am silence respecting secrets.

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