Word meanings
- athavā
- or
- bahunā
- detailed
- etena
- by this
- kim
- what
- jñātena tava
- can be known by you
- arjuna
- Arjun
- viṣṭabhya
- pervade and support
- aham
- I
- idam
- this
- kṛtsnam
- entire
- eka
- by one
- anśena
- fraction
- sthitaḥ
- am situated
- jagat
- creation
Translations
But, of what avail is the knowledge of all these details to you, O Arjuna? I exist, supporting this whole world with one part of Myself.
But what is the use of all these details to you, O Arjuna? I sustain this universe with only a small part of Myself.
Or, on the other hand, what is the need for you to know this extensively, O Arjuna? I remain sustaining this whole creation in a special way with a part of Myself.
अथवा हे अर्जुन ! तुम्हें इस प्रकार बहुत-सी बातें जाननेकी क्या आवश्यकता है? मैं अपने किसी एक अंशसे सम्पूर्ण जगत् को व्याप्त करके स्थित हूँ।Commentary
The Lord concludes Having established or pervaded this whole world with one fragment of Myself? I remain. This verse is based on the declaration in the Purusha Sukta (Rig-Veda10.90.3) that One arter of Him is all the cosmos the three arters are the divine transcendent Reality.I exist supporting this whole world by one part, by one limit, or by one foot. One part of Myself constitutes all beings. All beings form His foot (Taittiriya Aranyaka 3.12). The whole world is one Pada or foot of the Lord.
Amsa (part) or Pada (foot) is mere Kalpana or imagination or account of our own ignorance, or limiting adjunct. In reality Brahman is without any such parts or limbs and is formless. Arjuna has now a knowledge of the glories of the Lord. He is fit to behold the magnificent cosmic form of the Lord. Lord Krishna prepares Arjuna for this grand vision by giving him a description of His glories. Arjuna says O Lord? I now realise that the whole world is filled by Thee. I now wish to behold the whole universe in Thee with my eye of intuition.
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the tenth discourse entitled The Yoga of the Divine Glories.,