🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 10.19

Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga · "The Yoga of Krishna's Manifestations" · Verse 19 of 42

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हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।

प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।10.19।।
Bhagavad-Gītā 10.19 · 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
10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the chief aspects of My glory. Of its full extent there is no end.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
10.19 The Blessed Lord said Very well! Now I will declare to thee My divine glories in their prominence, O Arjuna; there is no end to their detailed description.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
10.19 Kuru-srestha, O best of the Kurus; hanta, now; since, on the other hand, it is not possible to speak exhaustively of them even in a hundred years, (there-fore) pradhanyatah, according to their importance, according as those manifestations are pre-eminent in their respective spheres; kathayisyami, I shall described; te, to you; atma-vibhutayah, My own glories; which are (hi, indeed) divyah, divine, heavenly. Na asti there is no; antah, end; me, to My; vistarasya, manifestations. 'Of those, now listen to the foremost:'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
10.19 The Lord said O Arjuna, I shall tell you My auspicious manifestations - those that are prominent among these. The term 'Pradhanya' connotes pre-eminence. For it will be said, 'Know Me to be the chief among family priests' (10.24). I shall declare to you those that are prominent in the world. For it would not be possible to tell or listen to them in detail, because there is no limit to them. To be a Vibhuti, the manifestation referred to should be under the control of the Lord; because it is stated: 'He who in truth knows this supernal manifestation and the seat of auspicious attributes' (10.7), after listing the various kinds of mental dispositions like intelligence etc., of all beings. Similarly it has been stated there that 'being the creator etc.,' is meant by the term Yoga, and that their 'being actuated,' meant by the term Vibhuti. Again it is stated: 'I am the origin of all; from me proceed everything; thinking thus, the wise worship Me with all devotion' (10.8). Sri Krsna clearly declares that he rules over all creatures by actuating them from within as their Self. He also declares His being the creator, sustainer and destroyer of everything, as connected by the term Yoga.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
10.19. The Bhagavat said Yes. O the best among the Kurus ! I shall expound to you, only the chief auspicious manifesting powers of Mine. For, there would be no end to My details.

🪷 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
10.19 हन्त now? very well? ते to thee? कथयिष्यामि (I) will declare? दिव्याः divine? हि indeed? आत्मविभूतयः My glories? प्राधान्यतः in their prominence? कुरुश्रेष्ठ O best of the Kurus? न not? अस्ति is? अन्तः end? विस्तरस्य of detail? मे of Me.Commentary Now I will tell you of My most prominent divine glories. My glories are illimitable it is not possible to describe all of them.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
10.19 Kuru-srestha, O best of the Kurus; hanta, now; since, on the other hand, it is not possible to speak exhaustively of them even in a hundred years, (there-fore) pradhanyatah, according to their importance, according as those manifestations are pre-eminent in their respective spheres; kathayisyami, I shall described; te, to you; atma-vibhutayah, My own glories; which are (hi, indeed) divyah, divine, heavenly. Na asti there is no; antah, end; me, to My; vistarasya, manifestations. 'Of those, now listen to the foremost:'
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
10.19 The Lord said O Arjuna, I shall tell you My auspicious manifestations - those that are prominent among these. The term 'Pradhanya' connotes pre-eminence. For it will be said, 'Know Me to be the chief among family priests' (10.24). I shall declare to you those that are prominent in the world. For it would not be possible to tell or listen to them in detail, because there is no limit to them. To be a Vibhuti, the manifestation referred to should be under the control of the Lord; because it is stated: 'He who in truth knows this supernal manifestation and the seat of auspicious attributes' (10.7), after listing the various kinds of mental dispositions like intelligence etc., of all beings. Similarly it has been stated there that 'being the creator etc.,' is meant by the term Yoga, and that their 'being actuated,' meant by the term Vibhuti. Again it is stated: 'I am the origin of all; from me proceed everything; thinking thus, the wise worship Me with all devotion' (10.8). Sri Krsna clearly declares that he rules over all creatures by actuating them from within as their Self. He also declares His being the creator, sustainer and destroyer of everything, as connected by the term Yoga.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
10.19 See Comment under 10.42
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।10.19।। प्रस्तुत अध्याय को बृहत् आकार देने वाला भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण का यह विस्तृत एवं व्याख्यापूर्ण उत्तर? एकएक वस्तु और व्यक्ति में तथा उनके समूह में आत्मा की वास्तविक पहचान का वर्णन करता है। यहाँ विशेष ध्यान देने योग्य बात यह है कि अपनी विभूति और योग का वर्णन करते समय भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण निम्नलिखित दो बातों को बताने का विशेष ध्यान रखते हैं। (क) प्रत्येक वस्तु में अपना सर्वोच्च महत्त्व? (ख) उनके बिना किसी भी एक वस्तु या समूह का सामञ्जस्यपूर्ण अस्तित्व सम्भव नहीं हो सकता।इस खण्ड का प्रारम्भ जिस हन्त शब्द से होता है? वह अर्जुन के प्रति गीताचार्य के प्रेमपूर्ण सहानुभूति को दर्शाता है? तथा उससे अर्जुन में प्रतीत होने वाली अक्षमता के प्रति भगवान् की चिन्ता भी व्यक्त होती है? क्योंकि उस अक्षमता के कारण वह उस तत्त्व को नहीं अनुभव कर पा रहा था जो उसके अत्यन्त समीप है? उसका स्वरूप ही है। हन्त शब्द को इस खण्ड के प्रारम्भ का केवल सूचक मानने में उसमें निहित गूढ़ अभिप्राय का लोप हो जाने के कारण वह अर्थ स्वीकार्य नहीं हो सकता।समष्टि और व्यष्टि उपाधियों के द्वारा इस बहुविध सृष्टि के रूप में व्यक्त हुए आत्मा के विस्तार का अन्त नहीं हो सकता। इसलिए उसका वर्णन करना असंभव है? तथापि करुणासागर भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण अपने शरणागत् शिष्य अर्जुन के प्रति अपनी असीम अनुकम्पा के कारण इस असंभव कार्य को अपने हाथ में लेते हैं। वे स्वीकार करते हैं कि उनके विस्तार का कोई अन्त नहीं है फिर भी वे अर्जुन को अपनी प्रधान विभूतियाँ बतायेंगे।भौतिक जगत् में यह एक अनुभूत सत्य है कि सूर्यप्रकाश सभी वस्तुओं की सतह पर से परावर्तित होता है चाहे वह पाषाण हो या दर्पण किन्तु दर्पण में उसका प्रतिबिम्ब या परावर्तन अधिक स्पष्ट और तेजस्वी होता है। भगवान् वचन देते हैं कि वे ऐसे दृष्टान्त देंगे जिनमें दिव्यता की अभिव्यक्ति के साक्षात् दर्शन हो सकते हैं।परन्तु? उन विभूतियों के वर्णन में प्रवेश करने के पूर्व एक मूलभूत सत्य को बताते हैं

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