Bhagavad Gita 10.18 Meaning: Vistarenatmano yogam vibhutim

Bhagavad Gita 10.18

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

Vistarenatmano yogam vibhutim cha janardanaBhuyah kathaya triptirhi shrinvato nasti memritam

vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana |bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam ||

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Our explanation Arjuna asks Krishna, Janardana, to tell again in detail of his power (yoga) and glory (vibhūti), for he never tires of hearing these life-giving words.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कृष्ण (जनार्दन) से कहते हैं कि वे अपने योग और विभूति का फिर विस्तार से वर्णन करें, क्योंकि ये अमृत जैसे वचन सुनकर उनकी तृप्ति नहीं होती।

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विस्तरेण vistareṇa · in detail (noun (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: vi-stara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1001, col. 3 “detail, particulars, full or detailed description”
आत्मनः ātmanaḥ · your own (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “is used as reflexive pronoun for all three persons and all three genders”
योगम् yogam · power, yoga (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 2 “any junction, union, combination”
विभूतिम् vibhūtim · glory (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 979, col. 1 “splendour, glory, magnificence”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
जनार्दन janārdana · O Janardana (Krishna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: janārdana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 3 “‘exciting or agitating men,’ Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa”
भूयः bhūyaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: bhūyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 3 “once more, again, anew”
कथय kathaya · tell (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: kath, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 1 “to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare”
तृप्तिः tṛptiḥ · satisfaction, having enough (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tṛpti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 1 “satisfaction, contentment”
हि hi · for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
शृण्वतः śṛṇvataḥ · while hearing (present participle (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
अस्ति asti · is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
मे me · for "me" (Arjuna) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
अमृतम् amṛtam · nectar (these words) (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-mṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 82, col. 2 “the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia”

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