Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 1

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1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 1

Vishnu appearing before Aditi

Shri Bhagavan Uvacha

Bhuya eva mahat baho shrunu me paramam vachah I

Yatteham priyamanaya vakshyami hita kamyaya II sloka 1

श्री भगवान उवाच 

भूय एव महत् बाहो शृणु मे परमम् वचः I 

यत् ते अहं प्रीयमाणाया वक्ष्यामि हित काम्यया II श्लोक 1

The blessed Lord said

Once again, O mighty armed, listen to my supreme word. Out of a desire to do you good I wish to speak of it to your absorbing delight.

The Lord is pleased with Arjuna's keen interest in hearing of his divine glories. The master's zeal to teach waxes in unison with the receptive faculty of the taught. This psychological fact is made evident here. The vedantic verdict - "Wonderful is the teacher, and equally clever the pupil" is more than proved by Sri Krishna and Arjuna. What the Lord imparts is the life saving ambrosis to Arjuna.

The topic dealt with in chapters 7 & 9 is resumed and supplemented somewhat elaborately in this chapter. Repeated and comprehensive enquiry into the glory of the Lord clarifies the understanding and promotes devotion. For knowing and loving are inter related. What else can man do than bend his head in reverence before the grandeur and sublimicity of the Lord?

But what grandeur can there be in a personality bound in this mortal coil? The Lord himself answers in the next slokas