अर्जुन उवाच
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् ॥
पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यम् आदिदेवम् अजं विभुम् ॥
आहुस् त्वाम् ऋषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर् नारदस् तथा ॥
असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥
सर्वम् एतद् ऋतं मन्ये यन् मां वदसि केशव ॥
न हि ते भगवन् व्यक्तिं विदुर् देवा न दानवाः ॥
स्वयम् एवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम ॥
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥
वक्तुम् अर्हस्य् अशेषेण दिव्या ह्य् आत्मविभूतयः ॥
याभिर् विभूतिभिर् लोकान् इमांस् त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥
कथं विद्याम् अहं योगिंस् त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् ॥
केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्यो ऽसि भगवन् मया ॥
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन ॥
भूयः कथय तृप्तिर् हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मे ऽमृतम् ॥
arjuna uvāca
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhavān ||
puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyam ādidevam ajaṃ vibhum ||
āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā ||
asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me ||
sarvam etad ṛtaṃ manye yan māṃ vadasi keśava ||
na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṃ vidur devā na dānavāḥ ||
svayam evātmanātmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama ||
bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate ||
vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa divyā hy ātmavibhūtayaḥ ||
yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṃs tvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi ||
kathaṃ vidyām ahaṃ yogiṃs tvāṃ sadā paricintayan ||
keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo 'si bhagavan mayā ||
vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana ||
bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me 'mṛtam ||
Arjuna said: "You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purity; You are the eternal, divine Purusha, the primordial God, unborn and all-pervading. Thus all the sages call You, and so too the divine sage Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and You Yourself tell me the same. O Keshava, all that You tell me I regard as truth. Neither the gods nor the danavas know Your manifestation, O Bhagavan. Only You Yourself know Yourself by Yourself, O Supreme Person, creator of beings, Lord of beings, God of gods, Lord of the world. Therefore I ask You to tell me, without remainder, of Your divine manifestations, by which You, pervading these worlds, abide in them. How may I know You, O Yogin, ever meditating upon You? In what states am I to think of You, O Bhagavan? Once more tell me in detail of Your yoga and vibhuti, O Janardana, for I am never satiated hearing this nectar."
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Arjuna accepts Krishna's words as true not merely out of trust but because they are confirmed by the sages. Yet his request goes deeper than doctrine: he wants to know how to see Krishna in the world and remember Him constantly.