Divine glory is limitless.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप |एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ||१०-४०||
nānto.asti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ parantapa . eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā ||10-40||
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Meaning
There is no end to My divine manifestations; what I have described is only a brief indication.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna’s glory cannot be exhausted by any list.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
The examples are invitations to see more. Once the seeker learns the pattern, every form of excellence, beauty, power, and wisdom can become a reminder of Krishna.
Read the traditional commentary
Having named so many splendours, Krishna draws the catalogue toward its close with the same humbling truth He gave at the start: 'There is no end (na anto asti) to My divine glories.' What He has spoken is merely uddeśataḥ — by way of illustration, a few representative examples.
This frames the entire list rightly. The thirty-odd glories named are not the boundaries of the Divine but samples meant to awaken the seeing eye. Like a teacher pointing out a handful of stars to help a child begin to read the night sky, Krishna offers enough to train the mind's vision, then reminds us that the sky itself is endless.
The proper response is not to memorize the list but to learn the art of recognizing the Divine — an art that, once acquired, finds Him in everything beyond the list as well.
In daily life
Continue discovering Krishna beyond familiar examples.
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Krishna on infinite, in other chapters
- Verse 7.24Never shrink the Infinite to your image of it — when the Boundless takes a form, its fullness is never diminished.
- Verse 3.26Lead others upward gently by example rather than unsettling their beliefs — meet people where they are instead of preaching beyond them.
- Verse 4.1The deepest truths are not invented in isolation; they are received from a living lineage and kept alive by being lived.
- Verse 13.4Profound truths become approachable when laid out clearly and received with attentive listening.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 10.40
Who says Bhagavad Gita 10.40, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 10.40, in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga (Vibhuti Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 10.40 mean?
There is no end to My divine manifestations; what I have described is only a brief indication. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 10.40 for daily life?
Continue discovering Krishna beyond familiar examples. A person can create a personal list of vibhutis from daily life.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 10.40 mean?
न अन्तः अस्ति — there is no end; मम दिव्यानाम् — to My divine; विभूतीनाम् — glories / manifestations; परन्तप — O scorcher of foes (Arjuna); एषः तु — but this.
Where does verse 10.40 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 40 of 42 in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga. The next verse is 10.41.