Chapter 10 · Verse 17 · Vibhooti Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 10.17
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
In plain words
You're lost in the fog of what to do, who you are, what it all means—and the not-knowing is eating you alive. The lesson for you: stop trying to figure it out alone, and instead ask yourself how to hold onto something larger than your fear, something real, in the quiet moments of your day. The practice isn't grand; it's learning to turn your mind toward what steadies you, again and again, until you're no longer drowning in your own questions.
Word by Word
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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