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Questions & crisisChapter 10 · The Opulence of the Absolute
10.1610.18

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.17

Arjuna accepts and asks to hear more

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् ।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥ १७ ॥

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogiṁs

tvāṁ sadā paricintayan

keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu

cintyo ’si bhagavan mayā

Translation

O Kṛṣṇa, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

How to Remember Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1Arjuna asks how to know Kṛṣṇa, think of Him constantly, and remember Him in various forms.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that only surrendered souls and devotees can see Kṛṣṇa, who is hidden by His yoga-māyā energy.
  3. 3If spiritual understanding is difficult, try to see how Kṛṣṇa is represented in physical things, as the purport advises.

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Chapter 10, The Opulence of the Absolute: arjuna accepts and asks to hear more.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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Related verses

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BG 10.12Arjuna accepts and asks to hear moreBG 10.13Arjuna accepts and asks to hear moreBG 1.28Compassion entangled with attachmentBG 1.46The bow falls

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