सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव ।न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः ॥
sarvam etad ṛtaṃ manye yan māṃ vadasi keśava | na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṃ vidur devā na dānavāḥ ||
- सर्वम् एतत् · sarvam etat
- all this
- ऋतम् · ṛtam
- true
- मन्ये · manye
- I hold, believe
- वदसि · vadasi
- you say
- केशव · keśava
- O Keshava (Krishna)
- भगवन् · bhagavan
- O Blessed Lord
- व्यक्तिम् · vyaktim
- manifestation
- विदुः · viduḥ
- they know
- देवाः · devāḥ
- gods
- दानवाः · dānavāḥ
- demons
“All this that you tell me, O Keshava, I hold to be true. Neither gods nor demons know your manifestation, O Blessed Lord.”
— Original plain-language translation
Total trust precedes the request: Arjuna accepts before asking to hear more. Mystery acknowledged becomes the ground of faith. Incomprehensibility to gods only heightens his eagerness.
— Reader's notes (original)