Sanskrit · Devanagari
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo.asi bhagavanmayā
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882How shall I know you, O you of mystic power! always meditating on you? And in what various entities, O lord! should I meditate on you?
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।10.17।। --,कथं विद्यां विजानीयाम् अहं हे योगिन् त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु वस्तुषु चिन्त्यः असि ध्येयः असि भगवन् मया।।
b869faa1c010…Rāmānuja
10.17 I, 'Your devotee' (Yogin), namely, one engaged in Bhakti Yoga, and 'constantly meditating on You' with devotion, namely, embarked on meditation on You, - how am I to know You, the object of meditation, as possessing a multitude of auspicious attributes like sovereignty etc.? And in what varied modes of mental dispositions, which are as yet untold and which are different from the intelligence, knowledge etc., described earlier, are You the Controller of all, to be meditated upon by me.
e4136637503b…Swami Sivananda
10.17 कथम् how? विद्याम् shall know? अहम् I? योगिन् O Yogin? त्वाम् Thee? सदा always? परिचिन्तयन् meditating? केषु केषु in what and what? च and? भावेषु aspects? चिन्त्यः to be thought of? असि (Thou) art? भगवन् O blessed Lord? मया by me.Commentary Arjuna says O Lord? how may I know Thee by constant meditation In what aspects art Thou to be thought of by me Even when I think of external objects I can meditate on Thee in Thy particular manifestations in them if I have a detailed knowledge of Thy glories. Therefore deign to tell me? without reserve? of Thy own glories. Then only can I behold oneness everywhere.
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