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| Chapter 10: The Opulence of the Absolute |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 10.16
divya hy atma-vibhutayah
yabhir vibhutibhir lokan
SYNONYMS
vaktum -- to say; arhasi -- You deserve; asesena -- in detail; divyah -- divine; hi -- certainly; atma -- Your own; vibhutayah -- opulences; yabhih -- by which; vibhutibhih -- opulences; lokan -- all the planets; iman -- these; tvam -- You; vyapya -- pervading; tisthasi -- remain.
TRANSLATION
Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds.
PURPORT
In this verse it appears that Arjuna is already satisfied with his understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. By Krsna's grace, Arjuna has personal experience, intelligence and knowledge and whatever else a person may have through all these agencies, and he has understood Krsna to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For him there is no doubt, yet he is asking Krsna 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 Krsna 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.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness