Shloka 19
Vibhuti Yoga — Vibhuti Yoga
श्रीभगवानुवाच । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ॥ १०.१९ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ | prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāsty anto vistarasya me || 10.19 ||
Der Erhabene sprach: „Wohlan, ich werde dir von meinen göttlichen Offenbarungen berichten, in ihren hauptsächlichen Gestalten, o Bester der Kurus; denn der Ausdehnung meiner Offenbarungen ist kein Ende.“
The Blessed Lord said: Now I shall tell you of My divine manifestations, in their principal forms, O best of the Kurus; for there is no end to the extent of My manifestations.
The Lord said: Come, I will declare to you the divine manifestations of Myself—chiefly, O best of the Kurus—for there is no limit to My elaboration.
Most editions agree on the sense: Krishna will state only the प्रमुख (principal) vibhūtis because they are effectively innumerable. Minor variation occurs in punctuation/orthography (e.g., ‘विस्तरस्य’ vs. sandhi presentation), not in doctrine.
FAQs
The verse frames learning through representative examples: the mind grasps an expansive idea (the sacred as present in the world) via salient instances rather than exhaustive enumeration.
Krishna presents the divine as inexhaustible in expression: the absolute cannot be fully catalogued, only indicated through prominent manifestations.
This introduces the upcoming catalogue of vibhūtis (10.20 onward), clarifying that the list is selective and illustrative.
It supports a contemplative practice of noticing excellence and meaningful order in experience without claiming total conceptual mastery.