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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.16
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतय: ।
याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥ १६ ॥
vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa
divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ
yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān
imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi
Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds.
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3 study points
Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to describe in detail His divine opulences by which He pervades all worlds.
By Kṛṣṇa’s grace, Arjuna already understands without doubt that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Understand that Arjuna asks how Kṛṣṇa pervades everything through His energies on behalf of common people.
Arjuna’s requests:
Arjuna therefore requests to hear about Krishna directly from Krishna
Request to hear in detail about His divine opulences by which He pervades all these worlds
Of his opulences
Arjuna refers to previous authorities
Thus confirms Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Also by his own realisation)
Prays to Krishna to hear more of his glories so that he can always think of Him and remember Him
Otherwise Krishna will remain unknowable
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 10.16 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to questions & crisis?
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