Chapter 10 · Verse 40 · Vibhooti Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 10.40
Sanskrit
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परंतप। एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया।।10.40।।
Transliteration
nānto ’sti mama divyānāṁ vibhūtīnāṁ parantapa eṣha tūddeśhataḥ prokto vibhūter vistaro mayā
In plain words
When you lie awake at night convinced you need to figure everything out, to control every outcome, to know your whole path—you are trying to hold an ocean in your fist. Krishna says: the infinite cannot fit into your finite understanding, and that's not your failure, that's reality. You are not meant to see it all; you are only meant to take the next step with an honest heart.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals a profound truth here: the infinite cannot be contained in finite words. He has shown Arjuna mere glimpses—a handful of sand from an endless ocean of divine manifestations.
This is both humbling and liberating: God's glory exceeds all comprehension, yet we need not grasp it all to find our place within it. When you feel small before life's vastness, remember you are witnessing not limitation but the infinite expressing itself through form.
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Bhagavad Gita 10.40 — BG 10.40
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