Bhagavad Gita 10.40 Meaning: Nantosti mama divyanam

Bhagavad Gita 10.40

नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप ।एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ॥

Nantosti mama divyanam vibhutinam parantapaEsha tuddeshatah prokto vibhutervistaro maya

nānto’sti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ parantapa |eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā ||

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Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna, scorcher of foes (parantapa), that there is no end to his divine glories; what he has said is only a brief account of their extent.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन (परंतप) से कहते हैं कि उनकी दिव्य विभूतियों का अंत नहीं है; उन्होंने जो कहा, वह उनके विस्तार का केवल संक्षिप्त वर्णन है।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
अन्तः antaḥ · end (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”
अस्ति asti · is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
मम mama · "my" (Krishna's) (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.)”
दिव्यानाम् divyānām · divine (adjective (feminine), genitive plural) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”
विभूतीनाम् vibhūtīnām · of the glories (noun (feminine), genitive plural) Dictionary: vi-bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 978, col. 3 “manifestation of might, great power, superhuman power”
परन्तप parantapa · O scorcher of foes (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: param-tapa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 3 “destroying foes (said of heroes)”
एषः eṣaḥ · this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
उद्देशतः uddeśataḥ · in brief, by way of example (indeclinable) Dictionary: ud-deśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 188, col. 1 “brief statement; exemplification, illustration, explanation”
प्रोक्तः proktaḥ · spoken (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 690, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell”
विभूतेः vibhūteḥ · of the glory (noun (feminine), genitive singular) Dictionary: vi-bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 978, col. 3 “manifestation of might, great power, superhuman power”
विस्तरः vistaraḥ · extent (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-stara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1001, col. 3 “spreading, extension, expansion”
मया mayā · by "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”

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