Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: – Comprehending the Divine through Its GloriesVerse 1
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वच:।
यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
bhūya eva mahābāho
śṛṇu me paramaṃ vaca:
yat-te’haṃ prīyamāṇāya
vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā – 10.1
Lord Krishna said: Listen again, O Arjuna (Mahābāhu), my ultimate words. I tell you these, because I am fond of you and desirous of your welfare.
Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: – Comprehending the Divine through Its Glories - Verse 1
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna, without any request from Arjuna, begins to say something besides whatever he already described (chapter 7) about the complex cyclic creation process, including birth, emergence, existence, expression and extinction. About the inexorable prakrti surrounding and permeating the whole Creation.
The aggregate of pañca-bhūtas, mind, intelligence and ego, brings about this ceaseless cyclic process of creation, preservation and destruction. It is the interplay of the three qualities – sattva, rajas and tamas – in the Self that remains the sole substratum for everything.
A proper knowledge in this regard will alone make one’s mind peaceful and intelligence stable, enabling his worldly interactions light, poised and effective.
