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10.19Krishna
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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
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)