Chapter 10 · Verse 18

Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God

विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन। भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्

vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ cha janārdana bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛiptir hi śhṛiṇvato nāsti me ’mṛitam

Word Meanings

vistareṇa — in detail; ātmanaḥ — your; yogam — divine glories; vibhūtim — opulences; cha — also; janaārdana — Shree Krishna, he who looks after the public; bhūyaḥ — again; kathaya — describe; tṛiptiḥ — satisfaction; hi — because; śhṛiṇvataḥ — hearing; na — not; asti — is; me — my; amṛitam — nectar

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Translation

Tell me again in detail, O Janardana, of Your divine powers and glories, for I am never satiated hearing Your nectar-like words.

Commentary

विस्तरेण in detial? आत्मनः Thy? योगम् Yoga? विभूतिम् glory? च and? जनार्दन O Janardana? भूयः again? कथय tell? तृप्तिः contentment? हि for? श्रृण्वतः (of) hearing? न not? अस्ति is? मे of me? अमृतम् nectar.Commentary 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.