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Chapter 10 · Verse 40 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.40

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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

Word by Word

na not
antaḥ end
asti is
mama my
divyānām divine
vibhūtīnām manifestations
parantapa Arjun, the conqueror of the enemies
eṣhaḥ this
tu but
uddeśhataḥ just one portion
proktaḥ declared
vibhūteḥ of (my) glories
vistaraḥ the breath of the topic
mayā by me
Simplified Perspective

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

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