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BG 10.36: I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong.

In the tenth chapter of the Gita Arjunas asks Krsna in what ways He is to be rememberd and contemplated. Krsna gives Arjuna a few examples, one of which is the above.

 

What is noticable is Krsna is refering to the quintessence of everything as being Himself and representing Him. Here is the on-line defintion of quintessence from Webster:

 

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1 : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies

 

2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

 

3 : the most typical example or representative ....e quintessence of calm>

 

So from the above definitions it is clear that the ultimate meaning of quintessence can only refer to the Supreme Person Krsna. So absolute is this, one could take Quintessence as a name of God.

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