श्रीभगवानुवाच |
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतय: |
प्राधान्यत: कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ||19||
śhrī bhagavān uvācha
hanta te kathayiṣhyāmi divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ
prādhānyataḥ kuru-śhreṣhṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha—the Lord spoke; hanta—yes; te—to you; kathayiṣhyāmi—I shall describe; divyāḥ—divine; hi—certainly; ātma-vibhūtayaḥ—my divine glories; prādhānyataḥ—salient; kuru-śhreṣhṭha—best of the Kurus; na—not; asti—is; antaḥ—limit; vistarasya—extensive glories; me—my
Translation:
The Lord said: I will tell you now of My divine attributes, Ο best of the Kurus— only of those that are pre-eminent; for there is no limit to My extent.
Commentary:
Indeed, where can there be an end to the glorious manifestation of the Lord? He is infinite, and so His Glory is infinite. That is why the Lord declares only the most excellent in which the seeker could easily discover the Lord’s presence. In fact, there is not a particle of matter or energy or intelligence or virtue which is not a manifestation of the Lord. This universality of outlook and inner understanding is the highest form of devotion.
Sri Ramakrishna Says —
MASTER (to the devotees): “To lean against a bolster!” (Rich and aristocratic persons seeking comfort generally sit in this fashion.) You see, it is very difficult to give up vanity. You may discriminate, saying that the ego is nothing at all; but still it comes, nobody knows from where. A goat’s legs jerk for a few moments even after its head has been cut off. Or perhaps you are frightened in a dream; you shake off sleep and are wide awake, but still you feel your heart palpitating. Egotism is exactly like that. You may drive it away, but still it appears from somewhere. Then you look sullen and say: ‘What! I have not been shown proper respect!'”
KEDAR: “‘One should be lowlier than a straw and patient as a tree.'”
MASTER: “As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee’s feet.”
Vaidyanath arrived. He was a well-educated man, a lawyer of the High Court of Calcutta. With folded hands he saluted the Master and took his seat at one side.
SURENDRA (to the Master): “He is one of my relatives.”
MASTER: “Yes, I see he has a nice nature.”
SURENDRA: “He has come here because he wants to ask you a question or two.”
MASTER (to Vaidyanath): “All that you see is the manifestation of God’s Power. No one can do anything without this Power. But you must remember that there is not an equal manifestation of God’s Power in all things. Vidyasagar once asked me whether God endowed some with greater power than others. I said to him; ‘If there are no greater and lesser manifestations of His Power, then why have we taken the trouble to visit you? Have you grown two horns?’ So it stands to reason that God exists in all beings as the All-pervasive Power; but the manifestations of His Power are different in different beings.” (Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 🔻 (42 Verses)
