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Chapter 10 · Verse 19 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.19

devotional Self & Identity

Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाच हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः। प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।10.19।।

Transliteration

śhrī bhagavān uvācha hanta te kathayiṣhyāmi divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ prādhānyataḥ kuru-śhreṣhṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me

In plain words

You're asking, 'Who am I? What am I meant to do? Where is God in this?' — and the silence can feel unbearable. Krishna says: you are not separate from the sacred power that moves through everything. Begin exactly where you are, recognizing the divine already present in your gifts, your struggles, your longing itself — and that recognition will show you your path.

Word by Word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha the Blessed Lord spoke
hanta yes
te to you
kathayiṣhyāmi I shall describe
divyāḥ divine
hi certainly
ātma-vibhūtayaḥ my divine glories
prādhānyataḥ salient
kuru-śhreṣhṭha best of the Kurus
na not
asti is
antaḥ limit
vistarasya extensive glories
me my
Simplified Perspective

Krishna now opens the treasury of His divine manifestations—not as distant mythology, but as the living presence permeating all creation. The Lord reveals that His glories are infinite, yet He graciously offers Arjuna the essential ones, knowing that finite minds can receive only what serves their awakening.

When you recognize the sacred in all that surrounds you—in nature's power, in human excellence, in the ground of your own being—you begin to see the face of the Divine everywhere, transforming how you live each day.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.19 — BG 10.19

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

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