Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verse 16-22 from the Tenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 16:

वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतय: |

याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि || 16 ||

vaktum arhasyaśheṣheṇa divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ

yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣhṭhasi

🔴 Be pleased to speak in full of Your own manifestations which are indeed divine, through which manifestations You exist pervading these worlds. || 16 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 17:

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् |

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया || 17 ||

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogins tvāṁ sadā parichintayan

keṣhu keṣhu cha bhāveṣhu chintyo ’si bhagavan mayā

🔴 O Yogi, [Here yoga stands for the results of yoga, viz omniscience, omnipotence, etc.; one possessed of these is a yogi. (See Comm. on 10.7)] how shall I know You by remaining ever-engaged in meditation? And through what objects, O Lord, are You to be meditated on by me? || 17 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 18:

विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन |

भूय: कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् || 18 ||

vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ cha janārdana

bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛiptir hi śhṛiṇvato nāsti me ’mṛitam

🔴 O Janardana, narrate to me again [In addition to what has been said in the seventh and ninth chapters.] Your onw yoga and (divine) manifestations elaborately. For, while hearing (Your) nectar-like (words), there is no satiety in me. || 18 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 19:

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतय: |

प्राधान्यत: कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे || 19 ||

śhrī bhagavān uvācha

hanta te kathayiṣhyāmi divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ

prādhānyataḥ kuru-śhreṣhṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me

🔴 The Blessed Lord said O best of the Kurus, now, according to their importance, I shall described to you My onw glories, which are indeed divine. There is no end to my manifestations. || 19 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 20:

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थित: |

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च || 20 ||

aham ātmā guḍākeśha sarva-bhūtāśhaya-sthitaḥ

aham ādiśh cha madhyaṁ cha bhūtānām anta Eva cha

🔴 O Gudakesa, I am the Self residing in the hearts of all beings, and I am the beginning and the middle as also the end of (all) beings. || 20 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 21:

आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् |

मरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी || 21 ||

ādityānām ahaṁ viṣhṇur jyotiṣhāṁ ravir anśhumān

marīchir marutām asmi nakṣhatrāṇām ahaṁ śhaśhī

🔴 Among the Adityas [viz Dhata, Mitra, aryama, Rudra, Varuna, Surya, Bhaga, Vivasvan, Pusa, Savita, Tvasta and Visnu.-Tr.] I am Visnu; among the luminaries, the radiant sun; among the (forty-nine) Maruts [The seven groups of Maruts are Avaha, Pravaha, Vivaha, Paravaha, Udvaha, Samvaha and parivaha.-Tr.] I am Marici; among the stars I am the moon. || 21 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10 Verse 22:

वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासव: |

इन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना || 22 ||

vedānāṁ sāma-vedo ’smi devānām asmi vāsavaḥ

indriyāṇāṁ manaśh chāsmi bhūtānām asmi chetanā

🔴 Among the Vedas I am Sama-veda; among the gods I am Indra. Among the organs I am the mind, and I am the intelligence in creatures. || 22 ||