Bhagavad Gita · Vibhuti YogaChapter 10, Shloka 17 (10.17)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्
केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन् मया
॥ 10.17 ॥
kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan
keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavan mayā
Translation
"O Yogi, how shall I know you while ever contemplating you? O Lord, in which forms (states of being) should I contemplate you?"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. kathaṃ vidyāṃ vijānīyām ahaṃ he yogin tvāṃ sadā paricintayan; keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu vastuṣu cintyaḥ asi dhyeyaḥ asi — in which things are you fit to be meditated upon.
Acharya Ramanuja. ahaṃ yogī bhaktiyoganiṣṭhaḥ san bhaktyā tvāṃ sadā paricintayan — I (here yogī = Arjuna), established in bhakti-yoga; pūrvoktabuddhijñānādibhāvyatirekteṣu anukteṣu keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu mayā niyantṛtvena cintyaḥ asi — apart from the states of 10.4–10.5, in which other forms should I contemplate you as the controller.
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