Bhagavad Gita · 10.42
॥
Devanāgarī
अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन ।
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna |
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथवाathavāor else
बहुना एतेनbahunā etenaof what use is all this multitude
किम् ज्ञातेनkim jñātenawhat good to you is this knowledge?
तव अर्जुनtava arjunafor you, O Arjuna
विष्टभ्यviṣṭabhyahaving pervaded, having sustained
अहम्ahamI
इदम् कृत्स्नम्idam kṛtsnamall this
एकांशेनeka-aṁśenawith a single (eka) fragment (aṁśena)
स्थितःsthitaḥI abide
जगत्jagatthe universe
Translation
“But what need have you, O Arjuna, of all these many details? Know only that with a single tiny fragment of Myself I pervade and sustain this entire universe.”
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