Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga: Verse 14
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव ।
न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवा: ॥
sarvam-etad-ṛtaṃ manye yan-māṃ vadasi keśava
na hi te bhagavan-vyaktiṃ vidur-devā na dānavā: – 10.14
I do consider all You have told me as true, O Keshava. Neither the angels nor the demons know Your being, O Lord.
Chapter 10: Vibhūti-yoga - Verse 14
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Arjuna, moved immensely by whatever Krishna said about his own nature and glories, feels none among gods or demons knows Krishna’s dimensions well.
People live and move in the world with such relish that none cares to think of how such grandeur comes to be. What the senses reveal is everything for them. None seeks to know about the inner mind and intelligence, animating and activating the senses; much less about the Self, the wonder of it all (2.29).
Right from the start, Krishna has been revealing the Self alone. He showed how in the imperishable Self, there is full solution to all the needs and problems of life. It holds the key for all qualities and excellences that fulfil one’s life. Now Krishna explains that the visible sensory grandeur is equally of the inner Self alone. Arjuna, as a devout disciple, seeks to enrich and enlighten himself further, so that he will be stronger and feel more resourceful.
