Chapter 10, Verse 18
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन | भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ||१०-१८||
vistareṇātmano yogaṃ vibhūtiṃ ca janārdana . bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me.amṛtam ||10-18||
Meaning
10.18 Tell me again in detail, O Krishna, of Thy Yogic power and glory; for I am not satiated with what I have heard of Thy life-giving and nectar-like speech.
Word-by-Word Meaning
Explanation & Commentary
Arjuna's appetite for the Divine word is boundless. He begs Krishna to speak yet again (bhūyaḥ kathaya), in full detail, of His yoga and vibhūti — for 'there is no satiety in hearing' (tṛptir hi nāsti). He compares the Lord's words to amṛtam, the nectar of immortality.
This is the unmistakable mark of awakening hunger for the sacred. Worldly pleasures sate and then cloy; one tires of them. But the words of the Spirit are like nectar — the more one drinks, the deeper the thirst, and yet it is a blessed, joyful thirst. When the heart begins to truly taste the Divine, listening itself becomes a form of feasting. Arjuna's insatiable longing is the very condition that draws forth Krishna's fullest revelation.
💡 Key Takeaway
A heart awakening to the sacred is never sated — divine truth is a nectar that deepens the very thirst it satisfies.
Related Verses
श्रीभगवानुवाच | भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः | यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया ||१०-१||
śrībhagavānuvāca . bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ . yatte.ahaṃ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā ||10-1||
10.1 The Blessed Lord said Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I will declare to thee who who art beloved, for thy welfare.
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते | इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ||१०-८||
ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate . iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ ||10-8||
10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, the wise, endowed with meditation, worship Me.
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् | कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ||१०-९||
maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam . kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca ||10-9||
10.9 With their mind and their life wholly absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and ever speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted.