Bhagavad Gita 10.16 Meaning: Vaktumarhasyasheshena divya

Bhagavad Gita 10.16

वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः ।याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥

Vaktumarhasyasheshena divya hyatmavibhutayahYabhirvibhutibhirlokanimanstvam vyapya tishthasi

vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ |yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi ||

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Our explanation Arjuna asks Krishna to describe in full his own divine glories (vibhūtis), the glories by which he pervades these worlds and remains in them.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कृष्ण से कहते हैं कि वे अपनी उन दिव्य विभूतियों का पूरा वर्णन करें, जिनके द्वारा वे इन लोकों में व्याप्त होकर स्थित हैं।

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वक्तुम् vaktum · to tell (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce”
अर्हसि arhasi · you should, please (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: arh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 93, col. 3 “to be able”; arh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 93, col. 3 “is often used as a softened form of Imper.”
अशेषेण aśeṣeṇa · in full, leaving nothing out (adverb) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”
दिव्याः divyāḥ · divine (adjective (feminine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”
हि hi · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
आत्मविभूतयः ātmavibhūtayaḥ · your own glories (compound (feminine), nominative plural) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the individual soul, self”; vi-bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 979, col. 1 “splendour, glory, magnificence”
याभिः yābhiḥ · by which (relative pronoun (feminine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
विभूतिभिः vibhūtibhiḥ · glories (noun (feminine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: vi-bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 978, col. 3 “manifestation of might, great power, superhuman power”
लोकान् lokān · worlds (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 1 “the wide space or world”
इमान् imān · these (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
व्याप्य vyāpya · pervading (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: vy-āp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1037, col. 2 “to reach or spread through, pervade, permeate”
तिष्ठसि tiṣṭhasi · you remain (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: sthā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1262, col. 2 “to stand, stand firmly, station one's self”

Bhagavad Gita 10.16: meaning and translation

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