Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 15 & 16

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of Bhagavad Gita , published by Ramakrishna Mission

Bliss Evident in God's Glories 12-18

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 15

Svayam eva atmana atmanam vettha tvam purushottama I

Bhuta bhavana bhuta esha deva deva jagatpate II sloka 15

स्वयं एव आत्मना आत्मानम् वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम I

भूत भावन भूत ईश देव देव जगत्पते II श्लोक 15 

Verily you alone may know yourself by yourself, O Purushottama, O Source of Beings, O Lord of Beings, O God of Gods, O Ruler of the World. 

The individual souls are clalaed Purushas out of courtesy because they temporarily occupy the puri of the prakriti  and then they vacate it when they get mukti. But the Lord being the eternal Presiding deity over the prakriti, he aptly eulogised as the purushottama. Being the origin of all beings, he is Bhuta bhavanah. Ruler of all beings that he is, the appellation Bhutesa and Jagatpati are appropriate to him. His glory in its entirety is known to him alone and to none else.

An indivivdual took a diamond to the market place for valuation and asked several shopkeepers about it. The brinjal seller opined that 5 baskets of brinjals might be bartered for that gem. The rice merchant viewed that 2 bags of rice could very easily be given in exchange for it. The draper in his turn held that a bale of linen might be unhesitatingly offered for that precious thing.  Finally it was given to the diamond merchant who alone could value it at 2 lakh rupees! In this fashion the Lord is also beheld in varying ways according to people's power of understanding. God's glories are verily unfathomable.

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 10 - Vibhuti Yoga - Sloka 16

Vaktum Arhati asheshene divyah hi atman vibhutyah I

Yabhih vibhitbhih lokan iman tvam vyapya tishthasi II sloka 16

वक्तुं  अर्हति अशेषेण दिव्यः हि आत्मन्  विभूतयः I

याभिः विभूतिभिः लोकान इमान् त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठासि II श्लोक 16

Condescend to tell without reserve of your divine glories, by which glories you remain pervading all these worlds.

A musician alone can bring out the fine touches in melody. The strength of an elephant could be demonstrated only by that stately animal turning out gigantic work. The wealth of a monarch can be well recounted by none but himself. It is only given to an incarnation  of God to reveal all of his divine splendours and glories

The revelation of God  comes purely by his mercy. He is the sun of knowledge. It is possible for a single ray of his enlighten the whole world.  We are therefore able to understand one another and to acquire  knowledge in all its forms. More than all these, we get to know him by his grace only.