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Vibhuti Yoga · The Yoga of Divine Glories
Bhagavad Gita 10.16-18
Sanskrit
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः । याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥10.16॥कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् । केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥10.17॥विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन । भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥10.18॥
Transliteration
vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ | yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṃstvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi ‖10.16‖ kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan | keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavanmayā ‖10.17‖ vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana | bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me'mṛtam ‖10.18‖
Meaning
“Please describe without reserve Your divine glories, by which glories You pervade and abide in these worlds. How may I know You, O Yogi, by constant meditation? In what various aspects are You to be contemplated by me, O Blessed Lord? Tell me again in full detail Your yoga and glory, O Janardana; for I am never satiated in hearing Your nectar-like words.”
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Theme: The Yoga of Divine Glories
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