Bhagavad Gita · 10.16 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·16 of 42
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥
vaktum arhasyaśheṣheṇa divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ
yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣhṭhasi
Sanskrit recitation
Arjuna asks to see more · 10.12–10.18 · Scene
Translation
You should indeed tell, without reserve, of your divine glories by which you exist, pervading all these worlds. (No one else can do so.)
Meaning
In this verse it appears that Arjuna is already satisfied with his understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. By Kṛṣṇa’s grace, Arjuna has personal experience, intelligence and knowledge and whatever else a person may have, and through all these agencies he has understood Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For him there is no doubt, yet he is asking Kṛṣṇa to explain His all-pervading nature. People in general and the impersonalists in particular concern themselves mainly with the all-pervading nature of the Supreme. So Arjuna is asking Kṛṣṇa how He exists in His all-pervading aspect through His different energies. One should know that this is being asked by Arjuna on behalf of the common people.
After Swami Sivananda
Arjuna asks to see more· 10.12–10.18→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 10.12Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn, and omnipresent."
- 10.13All the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and now Thou Thyself dost say so to me.
- 10.14I believe all that You have said to me to be true, O Krishna; indeed, O blessed Lord! Neither the gods nor the demons know Your manifestation (origin).
- 10.15Verily, Thou Thyself knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Supreme Person, O source and Lord of all beings, O God of gods, O ruler of the world!
10.16You should indeed tell, without reserve, of your divine glories by which you exist, pervading all these worlds. (No one else can do so.)
- 10.17How shall I, ever meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, should I think of you?
- 10.18Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of your yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with what I have heard of your life-giving and nectar-like speech.
Word-by-word→
- hi
- indeed
- tvam
- you
- imān
- these
- ātma
- your own
- arhasi
- please do
- lokān
- all worlds
- vaktum
- to describe
- vyāpya
- pervade
- divyāḥ
- divine
- yābhiḥ
- by which
- tiṣhṭhasi
- reside
- vibhūtayaḥ
- opulences
- aśheṣheṇa
- completely
- vibhūtibhiḥ
- opulences
Themes
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