कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् ।केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥
kathaṃ vidyām ahaṃ yogiṃs tvāṃ sadā paricintayan | keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo 'si bhagavan mayā ||
- कथम् · katham
- how
- विद्याम् · vidyām
- may I know
- अहम् · aham
- I
- योगिन् · yogin
- O master of yoga
- त्वाम् · tvām
- you
- सदा परिचिन्तयन् · sadā paricintayan
- constantly meditating
- केषु केषु · keṣu keṣu
- in which and which
- भावेषु · bhāveṣu
- in things, beings
- चिन्त्यः असि · cintyaḥ asi
- are to be contemplated
- भगवन् · bhagavan
- O Blessed Lord
“How may I know you, O master of yoga, constantly meditating on you? In which things, O Blessed Lord, are you to be contemplated by me?”
— Original plain-language translation
The request is practical, not curious: Arjuna wants meditation-holds for constant thought. A second-person yoga is sought — where to find the Person in things. The catalogue answers exactly this need.
— Reader's notes (original)