Chapter10 Shloka18 - Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Chapter 10 : Vibhuti yoga, The art of manifestation

Ch 10 : Sh 18

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

Transliteration

vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana |
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam || 18 ||

Translation

Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, about Your attributes and glories. For I am never satiated by hearing Your ambrosial words.

Purport

In earlier Shloka Arjuna requested Shri Krishna to explain how a human could comprehend and worship Shri Krishan who is infinite, absolute and beyond the preview of any material Guna. This Shloka is in continuation from the earlier Shloka. Arjuna completes his request by asking Shrik Krishna to explain all those attributes which a human can comprehend and hence can worship.

This and earlier Shlokas hence establish the fact that humans can only comprehend one of few attributes of God at a time. Such attributes of God can be comprehended by knowing the Leelas(the acts of God during incarnation), transferring the physical attributes of God into images, statues, stories, poetry, etc. All these methods of knowing attributes of god make the basis of worship methods.