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Chapter 10 · Verse 17 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.17

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Sanskrit

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।

Transliteration

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogins tvāṁ sadā parichintayan keṣhu keṣhu cha bhāveṣhu chintyo ’si bhagavan mayā

Word by Word

katham how
vidyām aham shall I know
yogin the Supreme Master of Yogmaya
tvām you
sadā always
parichintayan meditating
keṣhu in what
keṣhu in what
cha and
bhāveṣhu forms
chintyaḥ asi to be thought of
bhagavan the Supreme Divine Personality
mayā by me
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna's question opens the door to the deepest mystery of devotion—not mere intellectual knowledge, but the art of holding the Divine in consciousness at all times. The Lord invites us to recognize that infinite forms and expressions of the sacred already dwell within creation; our practice is to awaken to them.

In modern life, this means learning to see the Divine presence not only in temples and sacred texts, but in the eyes of loved ones, in the intelligence of nature, and in the stirring of conscience within our own hearts.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.17 — BG 10.17

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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