Verse
16
Vaktum arhasyasheshena
Divyaa hyaatmavibhootayah;
Yaabhir vibhootibhir lokaani
Maamstwam vyaapya tishthasi.
Thou shouldst indeed tell,
without reserve, of Thy divine glories by which Thou existeth, pervading all
these worlds. (None else can do so.)
Verse
17
Katham vidyaamaham yogim
Twaam sadaa parichintayan;
Keshu keshu cha bhaaveshu
Chintyo’si bhagavanmayaa.
How shall I, ever
meditating, know Thee, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, art
Thou to be thought of by me?
Verse
18
Vistarenaatmano yogam
Vibhootim cha janaardana;
Bhooyah kathaya triptirhi
Shrinvato naasti me’mritam.
Tell me again in detail, O
Krishna, of Thy Yogic power and glory; for I am not satisfied with what I have
heard of Thy life-giving and nectar-like speech!
Arjuna,
after hearing all that Sri Krishna says about His all pervasiveness, begs
Krishna to further reveal His glories to Arjuna.
Vaktum arhasyaśeṣeṇa: “Without leaving anything out, tell me everything about
Yourself—Your glories, Your divine immanence in this world of manifestation.
What are the ways in which You manifest Yourself in this world?
In which place in this world of manifestations, in which object, in what manner
can I recognize You? How can I know You? Please tell me.”
Kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogiṁs tvāṁ sadā paricintayan - “Day and
night I would like to meditate and contemplate on You. In what manner should I
contemplate? Please tell me in detail.
Keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyosi
bhagavan mayā: “In this world which is constituted of millions of forms, in
what forms should I contemplate on You? Where are You manifest more, and in
what forms are You manifest less? Please detail all these wondrous glories of
Yourself.”
Vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca
janārdana, bhūyaḥ kathaya (10.18): “Repeat it
once again. You have already told me something about Yourself. I would like to
hear it again and again because it is amrita, it is nectar to my
ears. Please tell me in all detail Your glories, Your powers and Your
manifestations.
Tell me once again, though You have already told me once. Please
tell me in greater detail because my satisfaction has no end. Let my
satisfaction rise from lower to higher states. I am already satisfied. May I be
further satisfied, and may I be blessed with immense infinite satisfaction. My
ears are never satisfied with any amount of nectar of Your speech that is
poured into my ears.
Tṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam: “You are
pouring nectar into my ears and I am delighted, but I should be more delighted
if You describe Your further glories in Your own way so that I may find it
easier to behold You in all things and unite myself with Thee.”
So again here Lord Krishna is being humbly beseeched to describe
His transcendental, majestic opulence in detail as well as the process of
devotion unto Him which insures and guarantees success.
Arjuna wants Lord Krishna to advise a way that even for a mind
like his ( and ours), who is always embroiled in war and mundane
affairs and is seldom introspective can still contemplate the Supreme Lord in
various ways through the medium of His vibhuti or transcendental, majestic
opulence.
Not only this but Arjuna wants to hear more and more about Lord
Krishna's divine glories and phenomenal powers for he finds the discourses of
the Supreme Lord to be just like ambrosial nectar.
Love.
