Verse-19
Chapter 10 — Vibhuti Yoga
Verse 19
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
II Shree Bhagavaanuvaacha II
hanta te kathayişyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ
prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me
🕉 English Translation
Toh bhagwan kehne lage yeh tabhi,
Nahin anth in shaktiyon ka meri.
Kuru shreshta phir bhi mai tere liye,
Kehta hun vibhutiyan saar mein.
📜 Translation
English
The Blessed Lord said:
O Best of Kurus! Now whatever are My divine glories I will declare to You the pre-eminent ones, because there is no end to the details of My Self extension in the universe.
One enjoys water if one has the thirst for it. Similarly, the joy of eating food lies in being hungry. The more is the thirst or hunger, the more pleasure one will find in eating the food or drinking water. If there is yearning for listening, the audience is eager; then both the speaker and the listener find greater joy in narrating and hearing respectively. Here the keenness of Arjun to hear is the medium-for making the narration possible from the pious mouth of the preacher of the Gita-
Otherwise too the entire universe and all kinds of births in this world are the power or glories of the Lord. He is limitless and His powers are boundless; however much is said about them; it does not completely describe them. The Lord says that He will in brief describe the pre-eminent ones. There are many people in the village; if the head of that village is named, that describes the entire village. 'Pradhanyatah' Arjun! Not all of them but the principle ones meaning the main ones I will describe to you-