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
- आत्मविभूतयः · ātmavibhūtayaḥ
- your own glories
- 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.
— Reader's notes (original)