Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 10, Verse 18
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन।
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि श्रृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम्।।
vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me ’mṛtam
also searched as "vistarenatmano yogam vibhutim cha janardana"
Translation
Speak to me again in full, O Krishna, about Your attributes and glories. For I am not sated by hearing Your ambrosial words.
Vāṇi's rendering
Tell me again, and fully, of your power and your glories. This nectar — I cannot hear enough of it.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| विस्तरेणvistareṇa | in detail, at length |
| आत्मनःātmanaḥ | of your own self (sandhi: vistareṇa + ātmanaḥ) |
| योगम्yogam | yogic power |
| विभूतिम्vibhūtim | glory, splendid manifestation |
| चca | and |
| जनार्दनjanārdana | O Janārdana — Krishna, the one to whom people turn |
| भूयःbhūyaḥ | again, still more |
| कथयkathaya | tell, speak |
| तृप्तिःtṛptiḥ | satiety, being full (sandhi: tṛptiḥ + hi) |
| हिhi | indeed, for |
| शृण्वतःśṛṇvataḥ | of one who is listening |
| नna | not (sandhi: na + asti) |
| अस्तिasti | there is |
| मेme | for me |
| अमृतम्amṛtam | nectar, the deathless drink (sandhi: me + amṛtam) |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 Verse 18 mean?
Arjuna asks Krishna to speak again, and at length, of his yogic power and his glories. He gives his reason plainly: hearing this is amṛtam, nectar, and he cannot be filled by it. The verse is a request, but underneath it is a confession — that listening has become the thing he wants most.
What does the line vistarenatmano yogam vibhutim cha janardana mean?
It means: tell me in full detail of your yoga and your vibhūti, O Janārdana. Vistareṇa is the key word — not a summary, but the whole spread of it. Arjuna is not asking for a doctrine he can carry away. He is asking Krishna to keep speaking.
Why does Arjuna say he is never satisfied by hearing Krishna?
Because this hunger is unlike the others. Food ends hunger; sleep ends tiredness. But amṛtam, Arjuna says, only makes the listening deeper. Bhakti works this way. The more of Krishna you are given, the more room opens in you for Krishna. Fullness here is not a stopping point.
Why does Arjuna call Krishna Janardana in this verse?
Janārdana is the one people turn to — the one asked. Arjuna chooses it in the moment he is asking for more than he has any right to. He has already been answered once. He calls Krishna by the name that means answerer, and asks again.
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Commentary
Arjuna has just been told a great deal, and his response is to ask for more. Not because he failed to understand — because understanding fed something that got hungrier. He calls it amṛtam, nectar, the drink that ends death, and then says the strangest thing about it: it does not satisfy. Every other appetite quiets when filled. This one opens. Notice what it has done to his despair — the man who wanted to put down his bow now cannot stop listening. You will know love by this sign. Not the peace of having had enough, but the widening of the wanting.