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Full Idea
All the gods come from me, says Krishna. ...I am the one source of all
Gist of Idea
Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna
Source
Anon (Bhag) (The Bhagavad Gita [c.500 BCE], 10.2/8)
Book Ref
'The Bhagavad Gita', ed/tr. Mascaro,Juan [Penguin 1962], p.84
A Reaction
This seems very close to monotheism, and sounds very similar to the position that Zeus seems to occupy in later Greek religion, where he is shading off into a supreme and spiritual entity.