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10.16Arjuna
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वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः ।याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥

vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa divyā hy ātmavibhūtayaḥ | yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṃs tvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi ||

वक्तुम् अर्हसि · vaktum arhasi
you ought to declare
अशेषेण · aśeṣeṇa
fully, without remainder
दिव्याः · divyāḥ
divine
हि · hi
indeed
याभिः · yābhiḥ
by which
विभूतिभिः · vibhūtibhiḥ
by glories
लोकान् · lokān
the worlds
व्याप्य तिष्ठसि · vyāpya tiṣṭhasi
pervading, you abide

You ought to declare fully your divine glories — those by which, pervading these worlds, you abide.

Original plain-language translation

Arjuna asks for the pervading marks by which the mind can catch the ungraspable. Pervasion is the theme: glories are footprints of presence. Fullness is requested, though finitude must settle for selection.

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