Chapters: | | Chapter 10 | The Infinite Glories of the Ultimate Truth | Verse 41 | | |
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Sanskrit:
Sanskrit Vocals
Transliteration:
Anvaya:
Translation:
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Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami |
Sridhara Swami's Commentary
Lord Krishna again explains in a sublime and incomparable way to Arjuna who
is still eager to hear more about Lord Krishna's vibhuti or divine,
transcendental opulence. Lord Krishna reveals that whatever is glorious,
wonderful and majestic that is pre-eminently distinguished by the qualities
of grandeur, beauty and power should be known to arise from just a fraction
of His almighty splendour.
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| Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya |
Madhvacarya's Commentary
Lord Krishna speaks in general about His vibhuti or divine, transcendental
opulence. They all are verily manifestations of His spiritual form and are
endowed with an infinitesimal measure of His power and splendour. In the
Paingi scripture the same has been stated: In particular Brahma, Shiva,
Garuda, Emperors of the whole Earth examples such as Bharata and
Yudhisthira and great devotees of the Supreme Lord such as Hanuman and
Arjuna are minute fractions of the Supreme Lords vibhuti. Narayana, Rama,
Vishnu, Narasingha, etc. are avatars or direct incarnations and expansions
of the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself. In the Gautama section it is mentioned
that Krishna is the Supreme Lord in the maximum fullness and His other
avatars are expansions of Him. The seers, sages, the munis, the
enlightened, the self-realised, the powerful sons of Manu are all fragments
of Lord Krishna's vibhuti. Others are incarnations of Lord Krishna Humself.
The Bhagavat Purana has declared that sages and seers such as Bhrigu and
Brihaspati are fragments and others such as Vamana and Varaha, and Buddha
and the like are His avatars with the same power, majesty and potency as
Him. His avatars are transcendental and eternal exactly like Him in potency
although of different forms. Lord Krishna speaks the words mama tejo'msa-
sambhavan which means are born from a fraction of His power should be
understood to be endowed with a fraction of His splendour and not born from
it. Endowment due to association with His vibhuti creates a permanent
effect which manifests as a fraction of His vibhuti.
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| Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja |
Ramanuja's Commentary
Whatever there is in existence that is wonderful, glorious, majestic or
magnificent. Wherever is seen in existence fantastic enthusiasm attended
too with great pomp and eclat. Whoever and however there is in existence
that manifests and broadcasts the phenomenal grandeur and sublime glory of
the Supreme Lord should be known to be under His direction and an
infinitesimal portion of the tejas or power of Lord Krishna's vibhuti or
divine, transcendental opulence. Out of His inconceivable potency all His
vibhuti manifest from but a fraction of His power.
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| Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya |
Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary
Although it is not possible to describe all Lord Krishna's vibhuti or
divine, transcendental opulence, still in order to please His devotees,
Lord Krishna concisely reveals that whatever being or object that possesses
brilliance, majesty and beauty and is excellently endowed with wisdom,
power and might should be known surely to be but a spark of effulgence from
Lord Krishna's vibhuti.
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| Thus ends commentaries of chapter 10, verse 41 of the Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
Verse 41
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