BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:42

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:42

 

atha va bahunaitena

kim jnatena tavarjuna

vistabhyaham idam krtsnam

ekamsena sthito jagat

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

atha va--or; bahuna--many; etena--by this kind; kim--what; jnatena--by

knowing; tava--your; arjuna--O Arjuna; vistabhya--pervading; aham--I;

idam--this; krtsnam--entire; eka--by one; amsena--part; sthitah--am

situated; jagat--universe.

 

TRANSLATION

 

But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With

a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire

universe.

 

PURPORT

 

The Supreme Lord is represented throughout the entire material

universes by His entering into all things as the Supersoul. The Lord

here tells Arjuna that there is no point in understanding how things

exist in their separate opulence and grandeur. He should know that all

things are existing due to Krsna's entering them as Supersoul. From

Brahma, the most gigantic entity, on down to the smallest ant, all are

existing because the Lord has entered each and all and is sustaining

them.

 

There is a Mission that regularly propounds that worship of any

demigod will lead one to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the

supreme goal. But worship of demigods is thoroughly discouraged herein

because even the greatest demigods like Brahma and Siva represent only

part of the opulence of the Supreme Lord. He is the origin of everyone

born, and no one is greater than Him. He is asamaurdhva, which means

that no one is superior to Him and that no one is equal to Him. In the

Padma Purana it is said that one who considers the Supreme Lord Krsna

in the same category with demigods--be they even Brahma or

Siva--becomes at once an atheist. If, however, one thoroughly studies

the different descriptions of the opulences and expansions of Krsna's

energy, then one can understand without any doubt the position of Lord

Sri Krsna and can fix his mind in the worship of Krsna without

deviation. The Lord is all-pervading by the expansion of His partial

representation, the Supersoul, who enters into everything that is.

Pure devotees, therefore, concentrate their minds in Krsna

consciousness in full devotional service; therefore they are always

situated in the transcendental position. Devotional service and

worship of Krsna are very clearly indicated in this chapter in verses

eight through eleven. That is the way of pure devotional service. How

one can attain the highest devotional perfection of association with

the Supreme Personality of Godhead has been thoroughly explained in

this chapter. Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great acarya in disciplic

succession from Krsna, concludes his commentary on this chapter by

saying,

 

yac-chakti-lesat suryadya

bhavanty aty-ugra-tejasah

yad-amsena dhrtam visvam

sa krsno dasame 'rcyate

 

>From Lord Krsna's potent energy even the powerful sun gets its power,

and by Krsna's partial expansion the whole world is maintained.

Therefore Lord Sri Krsna is worshipable.

 

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Tenth Chapter of the Srimad

Bhagavad-gita in the matter of the Opulence of the Absolute.

 

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