Bhagavad Gita · 10.18 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·18 of 42
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥
vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ cha janārdana
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛiptir hi śhṛiṇvato nāsti me ’mṛitam
Sanskrit recitation
Arjuna asks to see more · 10.12–10.18 · Scene
Translation
Tell 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.
Meaning
The Lord is called Janardana because all pray to Him for worldly success, prosperity and also salvation. Arjuna also prays to the Lord to explain His Yogic power and glory, for his salvation.Arjuna says to Lord Krishna Tell me in detail of Thy mysterious power (Yoga) and sovereignty (Aisvarya) and the various things to be meditated upon. Tell me again though You have described earlier in the seventh and the ninth chapters succinctly for there is no satiety in hearing Thy ambrosial speech or nectarlike conversation. However much of it I hear, I am not satisfied surely it is nectar of immortality for me.
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
- because
- me
- my
- na
- not
- cha
- also
- asti
- is
- yogam
- divine glories
- kathaya
- describe
- amṛitam
- nectar
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- vibhūtim
- opulences
- ātmanaḥ
- your
- janaārdana
- Shree Krishna, he who looks after the public
- tṛiptiḥ
- satisfaction
- vistareṇa
- in detail
- śhṛiṇvataḥ
- hearing
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