Bhagavad Gita 10.17कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥
kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogins tvāṁ sadā parichintayan
keṣhu keṣhu cha bhāveṣhu chintyo ’si bhagavan mayā
Sanskrit recitation
Arjuna asks to see more · 10.12–10.18 · Scene
Translation
How shall I, ever meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, should I think of you?
Hindi translation
हे योगिन् ! हरदम साङ्गोपाङ्ग चिन्तन करता हुआ मैं आपको कैसे जानूँ ? और हे भगवन् ! किन-किन भावोंमें आप मेरे द्वारा चिन्तन किये जा सकते हैं अर्थात् किन-किन भावोंमें मैं आपका चिन्तन करूँ ?
Meaning
Arjuna says O Lord, how may I know Thee by constant meditation In what aspects art Thou to be thought of by me Even when I think of external objects I can meditate on Thee in Thy particular manifestations in them if I have a detailed knowledge of Thy glories. Therefore deign to tell me, without reserve, of Thy own glories. Then only can I behold oneness everywhere.
After Swami Sivananda
Arjuna asks to see more· 10.12–10.18→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 10.12Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier,…
- 10.13All the sages have thus declared Thee, as also the divine sage Narada; so also Asita,…
- 10.14I believe all that You have said to me to be true, O Krishna; indeed, O blessed Lord!…
- 10.15Verily, Thou Thyself knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Supreme Person, O source and Lord of…
- 10.16You should indeed tell, without reserve, of your divine glories by which you exist,…
10.17How shall I, ever meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed…
- 10.18Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of your yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated…
Word-by-word→
- cha
- and
- mayā
- by me
- sadā
- always
- tvām
- you
- yogin
- the Supreme Master of Yogmaya
- katham
- how
- keṣhu
- in what
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Divine Personality
- bhāveṣhu
- forms
- vidyām aham
- shall I know
- parichintayan
- meditating
- chintyaḥ asi
- to be thought of
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