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Questions & crisisChapter 10 · The Opulence of the Absolute
10.1710.19

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.18

Arjuna accepts and asks to hear more

विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन ।

भूय: कथय तृप्‍तिर्हि श‍ृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥ १८ ॥

vistareṇātmano yogaṁ

vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana

bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptir hi

śṛṇvato nāsti me ’mṛtam

Translation

O Janārdana, again please describe in detail the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated in hearing about You, for the more I hear the more I want to taste the nectar of Your words.

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The Nectar of Hearing

  1. 1Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to describe His divine powers in detail again; the more he hears, the more he wants to hear.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that accounts of Kṛṣṇa are like nectar and remain fresh, unlike worldly stories.
  3. 3Keep hearing and reading about Kṛṣṇa to experience the sweetness of His words and pastimes.

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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: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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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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