🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 10.18

Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga · "The Yoga of Krishna's Manifestations" · Verse 18 of 42

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विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।

भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।10.18।।
Bhagavad-Gītā 10.18 · the yathārtha śloka (Devanāgarī Sanskrit · canonical)

🪷 English Translations

Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I am never satisfied when I listen to Thy immortal words.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
10.18 Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of Thy Yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with what I have heard of Thy life-giving and nectar-like speech.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
10.18 O Janardana: ardana is derived from ard, in the sense of the act of going; by virtue of making the janas, the demons who are opposed to the gods, go to hell etc. He is called Jana-ardana. Or, He is called so because He is prayed to [The verbal root ard has got a second meaning, 'to pray'.] by all beings for the sake of human goals, viz prosperity and Liberation. Kathaya, narrate to me; bhuyah, again, though spoken of earlier; atmanah, Your own; yogam, yoga-the special ability in the form of mystic powers; and vibhutaim, the (divine) manifestations-the variety of the objects of meditation; vistarena, elaborately. Hi, for; srnvatah, while hearing; (Your) amrtam, nectar-like speech issuing out of Your mouth; na asti, there is no; trptih, satiety; me, in me.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
10.18 Speak to me again in full, your association with the alities of being the creator etc., and Your sovereignty, Your rulership, which have been briefly described in 'I am the origin of all; from Me proceed everything' (10.8). For I am not satiated by hearing Your ambrosial words. The meaning is, 'My enthusiasm to know more and more of your ambrosial teachings is known to You.'
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
10.18. In detail, please expound, once again Your own Yogic power and the manifesting power. O Janardana ! I don't feel contended in hearing Your nectar-[like exposition].

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.

Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
10.18 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.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
10.18 O Janardana: ardana is derived from ard, in the sense of the act of going; by virtue of making the janas, the demons who are opposed to the gods, go to hell etc. He is called Jana-ardana. Or, He is called so because He is prayed to [The verbal root ard has got a second meaning, 'to pray'.] by all beings for the sake of human goals, viz prosperity and Liberation. Kathaya, narrate to me; bhuyah, again, though spoken of earlier; atmanah, Your own; yogam, yoga-the special ability in the form of mystic powers; and vibhutaim, the (divine) manifestations-the variety of the objects of meditation; vistarena, elaborately. Hi, for; srnvatah, while hearing; (Your) amrtam, nectar-like speech issuing out of Your mouth; na asti, there is no; trptih, satiety; me, in me.
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
10.18 Speak to me again in full, your association with the alities of being the creator etc., and Your sovereignty, Your rulership, which have been briefly described in 'I am the origin of all; from Me proceed everything' (10.8). For I am not satiated by hearing Your ambrosial words. The meaning is, 'My enthusiasm to know more and more of your ambrosial teachings is known to You.'
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
10.18 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।10.18।। दर्शनशास्त्र के तथा अन्य किसी विषय के विद्यार्थी में भी? सर्वप्रथम प्रखर जिज्ञासा का होना अत्यावश्यक है। विषय को जानने और समझने की इस जिज्ञासा के बिना कोई भी ज्ञान दृढ़ नहीं होता है और न विद्यार्थी के लिए वह लाभदायक ही हो सकता है। आत्मविकास के आध्यात्मिक ज्ञान में यह बात विशेष रूप से लागू होती है क्योंकि अन्य ज्ञानों के समान? न केवल इसे ग्रहण और धारण ही ऋ़रना है? वरन् यह आत्मज्ञान होने पर उसे अपने जीवन में दृढ़ता से जीना भी होता है। इसलिए श्रवण की इच्छा को एक श्रेष्ठ और आदर्श गुण माना गया है? जो वेदान्त के उत्तम अधिकारी के लिए अनिवार्य है। इस गुण के होने से ज्ञानमार्ग में प्रगति तीव्र गति से होती है।पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुन इस श्रेष्ठ गुण से सम्पन्न था जो कि उसके इस कथन से स्पष्ट होता है कि आपके अमृतमय वचनों को सुनकर मेरी तृप्ति नहीं होती है। इसमें कोई सन्देह नहीं कि वेदान्त का शुद्धिकारी प्रभाव रुचिपूर्वक श्रवण करने वाले सभी बुद्धिमान विद्यार्थियों पर पड़ता है। एक सच्चे ज्ञानी गुरु के मुख से आत्मतत्त्व का उपदेश सुनकर प्रारम्भ में शिष्य को होने वाला आनन्द क्षणिक उल्लास ही देता है? जो स्थिर नहीं रह पाता। जब वह शिष्य प्रवचन के बाद अकेला रह जाता है? तब उसका मन पुन अनेक कारणों से अशान्त हो सकता है। और फिर भी? कितना ही क्षणिक आनन्द क्यों न हो? उसमें अर्जुन के समान नवदीक्षित विद्यार्थियों को आकर्षित करने की सार्मथ्य होती है? जिसके कारण उनकी उस विषय के प्रति रुचि एक व्यसन के समान बढ़ती ही जाती है। वेदान्त प्रवचनों के श्रवणार्थ इस अधिकाधिक अभिरुचि को यहाँ स्पष्ट दर्शाया गया है। यद्यपि यह साधना है? साध्य नहीं? तथापि? निसन्देह यह एक शुभ प्रारम्भ है। जिन लोगों को तत्त्वज्ञान के बौद्धिक अध्ययन से ही सन्तोष का अनुभव होता हो? वे भी निश्चय ही उन सहस्रों लोगों से श्रेष्ठतर हैं? जो दिव्य आत्मस्वरूप को दर्शाने वाले एक भी आध्यात्मिक प्रवचन को नहीं सुन सकते? या सह नहीं सकतेएक अथक धर्म प्रचारक के रूप में भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण अत्यन्त धैर्य के साथ? अर्जुन से कहते हैं

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