TEXT 16
वक्तुम् अर्हस्य् अशेषेण
दिव्या ह्य् आत्मविभूतयः ।
याभिर् विभूतिभिर् लोकान्
इमांस् त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥ १६ ॥
vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa
divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ
yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān
imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi
SYNONYMS
vaktum—to say; arhasi—You deserve; aśeṣeṇa—in detail; divyāḥ—divine; hi—certainly; ātma—Your own; vibhūtayaḥ—opulences; yābhiḥ—by which; vibhūtibhiḥ—opulences; lokān—all the planets; imān—these; tvam—You; vyāpya—pervading; tiṣṭhasi—remain.
TRANSLATION
Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds.
PURPORT
In this verse it appears that Arjuna is already satisfied with his understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. By Kṛṣṇa's grace, Arjuna has personal experience, intelligence and knowledge and whatever else a person may have, and through all these agencies he has understood Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For him there is no doubt, yet he is asking Kṛṣṇa to explain His all-pervading nature. People in general and the impersonalists in particular concern themselves mainly with the all-pervading nature of the Supreme. So Arjuna is asking Kṛṣṇa how He exists in His all-pervading aspect through His different energies. One should know that this is being asked by Arjuna on behalf of the common people.
