Shloka 6
Vibhūti-yoga in the Bhāgavata: The Lord’s Manifest Opulences and the Discipline of Control
श्रीभगवानुवाच एवमेतदहं पृष्ट: प्रश्नं प्रश्नविदां वर । युयुत्सुना विनशने सपत्नैरर्जुनेन वै ॥ ६ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca evam etad ahaṁ pṛṣṭaḥ praśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ vara yuyutsunā vinaśane sapatnair arjunena vai
သီရိဘဂဝန် မိန့်တော်မူသည်—မေးမြန်းနည်းကို သိသူတို့အနက် အကောင်းဆုံးသူရေ၊ အမှန်ပင် ထိုသို့ပဲ ဖြစ်သည်။ ယခင်ကလည်း ကျွန်ုပ်ကို ထိုမေးခွန်းတူတူ မေးခဲ့ကြသည်။ ကုရုක්ෂೇತ್ರ၏ ဖျက်ဆီးမှုကြီးမားသော စစ်မြေပြင်တွင် ရန်သူပြိုင်ဘက်များနှင့် တိုက်လိုသော အာర్జုနက ကျွန်ုပ်ကို ဤမေးခွန်းကို မေးခဲ့သည်။
Lord Kṛṣṇa was pleased that His two friends, Arjuna and Uddhava, had posed the same question regarding the opulences of the Personality of Godhead. Lord Kṛṣṇa considered it wonderful that His two dear friends had asked exactly the same question.
FAQs
It states that Krishna had previously been asked the same question by Arjuna, who is praised as the best among those who know how to inquire, at a time when Arjuna sought to defeat his rival opponents.
Krishna cites Arjuna as an authoritative example of a proper questioner—someone who asks with purpose and sincerity—connecting earlier divine instruction with His present teaching on His opulences.
It encourages seekers to ask spiritually meaningful questions with clarity and purpose, approaching divine teachings as Arjuna did—earnestly, respectfully, and ready to act on the guidance received.