श्रीभगवानुवाच ।हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः ।प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hy ātmavibhūtayaḥ | prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāsty anto vistarasya me ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- हन्त · hanta
- come now, gladly
- कथयिष्यामि · kathayiṣyāmi
- I shall declare
- दिव्याः · divyāḥ
- divine
- आत्मविभूतयः · ātmavibhūtayaḥ
- my own glories
- प्राधान्यतः · prādhānyataḥ
- by way of the chief ones
- कुरुश्रेष्ठ · kuruśreṣṭha
- O best of Kurus
- नास्ति अन्तः · nāsti antaḥ
- there is no end
- विस्तरस्य · vistarasya
- of the expanse, detail
“The Blessed Lord said: Gladly I shall declare to you my divine glories — by way of the chief ones, O best of Kurus, for there is no end to my expanse.”
— Original plain-language translation
Glad consent with one condition: selection, since infinitude cannot be inventoried. Chief instances must stand for the endless rest. Verses 20-39 give that chosen garland.
— Reader's notes (original)