BG 10.22

वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः ।
इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥
vedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ
indriyāṇāṁ manaś cāsmi bhūtānām asmi cetanā

Word-for-word meanings

vedānām — of the Vedas;  asmi — I am;  sāma-vedaḥ — the Sāma Veda;  devānām — of the devas;  asmi — I am;  vāsavaḥ — Indra;  indriyāṇām — of the senses;  asmi — I am;  manaḥ — the mind;  ca — and;  bhūtānām — of all living beings;  asmi — I am;  cetanā — consciousness [i.e., the power of cognition].

Translation

Of the Vedas I am the Sāma Veda; among the devas I am Indra; of the senses I am the mind; and in living beings I am the power of cognition.

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