Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 10, Verse 19
श्री भगवानुवाच
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।
प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः।
प्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे।।
śrī bhagavān uvāca
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ
prādhānyataḥ kuru-śreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me
also searched as "hanta te kathayishyami divya hyatmavibhutayah"
Translation
The Lord said, "Indeed, I shall tell you, O Arjuna, My auspicious manifestations—those that are most prominent among them. There is no end to their extent."
Vāṇi's rendering
Very well — I will name my divine glories, the foremost of them. Of my full extent there is no end.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| श्रीśrī | holy, radiant — a mark of reverence |
| भगवान्bhagavān | the Blessed One, Krishna |
| उवाचuvāca | said |
| हन्तhanta | very well then — a word of glad consent |
| तेte | to you |
| कथयिष्यामिkathayiṣyāmi | I shall tell, I shall recount |
| दिव्याःdivyāḥ | divine, shining |
| हिhi | indeed (joined by sandhi to the next word) |
| आत्म-विभूतयःātma-vibhūtayaḥ | my own glories, the forms my presence takes |
| प्राधान्यतःprādhānyataḥ | by their prominence — only the foremost ones |
| कुरु-श्रेष्ठkuru-śreṣṭha | best of the Kurus — Arjuna |
| नna | not (joined by sandhi to what follows) |
| अस्तिasti | there is |
| अन्तःantaḥ | an end, a limit |
| विस्तरस्यvistarasya | of the full extent, the spreading out |
| मेme | of me, mine |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 Verse 19 mean?
Krishna consents to describe his glories, and in the same breath sets a boundary around the description. He will name the foremost ones, the ones that stand out. Of his full extent there is no end — so what Arjuna is about to hear is a chosen handful, not a complete account. The limit is in the telling, not in Krishna.
What does hanta te kathayishyami divya hyatmavibhutayah mean?
Hanta is a warm yes — very well, gladly. Krishna says he will recount his divyā vibhūtayaḥ, the shining forms his presence takes in the world. He addresses Arjuna as kuru-śreṣṭha, best of the Kurus, the way a teacher steadies a student before saying something large.
Why does Krishna say there is no end to his extent?
Because a list is a shape, and what he is describing has none. Every glory named in the verses that follow — mountain, river, syllable, king — is a place where the endless became visible enough to point at. Naming does not shrink him. It only gives you somewhere to begin looking.
How do I apply Bhagavad Gita 10.19 in daily life?
Hold your understanding lightly. Whatever you have grasped of what sustains you — through a teaching, a moment of clarity, a face you love — is prādhānyataḥ, the prominent part, offered because you could receive it. Live by it fully. Just do not close the account and call it the whole ledger.
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Commentary
Arjuna has asked to hear the glories, and Krishna agrees with a single word — hanta, very well. Then, before naming one of them, he warns you what the naming will cost. Only the foremost. Only the prominent ones. The rest has no end, so no list can hold it. Twenty verses of splendour follow, and every one of them is an abbreviation. This is how anything vast reaches you: in samples, chosen for you, small enough to carry. Do not mistake the sample for the size. What you have understood of what holds you is the beginning of the sentence, not the sentence.