अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन | विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ||१०-४२||
athavā bahunaitena kiṃ jñātena tavārjuna . viṣṭabhyāhamidaṃ kṛtsnamekāṃśena sthito jagat ||10-42||
Chapter 10 · Verse 42
Vibhuti Yoga
विभूतियोग
In plain words
The Lord concludes Having established or pervaded this whole world with one fragment of Myself. I remain. This verse is based on the declaration in the Purusha Sukta (RigVeda10.
Translation
10.42 But of what use to you is all this extensive knowledge O Arjuna? I stand sustaining this whole universe with a fragment of Mine (of My power).
Meaning
The Lord concludes Having established or pervaded this whole world with one fragment of Myself. I remain. This verse is based on the declaration in the Purusha Sukta (RigVeda10.90.3) that One arter of Him is all the cosmos the three arters are the divine transcendent Reality. I exist supporting this whole world by one part by one limit or by one foot. One part of Myself constitutes all beings. All beings form His foot (Taittiriya Aranyaka 3.12). The whole world is one Pada or foot of the Lord. Amsa (part) or Pada (foot) is mere Kalpana or imagination or account of our own ignorance,or limiting adjunct. In reality Brahman is without any such parts or limbs and is formless. Arjuna has now a knowledge of the glories of the Lord. He is fit to behold the magnificent cosmic form of the Lord. Lord Krishna prepares Arjuna for this grand vision by giving him a description of His glories. Arjuna says O Lord. I now realise that the whole world is filled by Thee. I now wish to behold the whole universe in Thee with my eye of intuition. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita the science of the Eternal the scripture of Yoga the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the tenth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Divine Glories.,
Word by word
अथवा or बहुना (by) many एतेन (by) this किम् what ज्ञातेन known तव to thee अर्जुन O Arjuna विष्टभ्य supporting अहम् I इदम् this कृत्स्नम् all एकांशेन by one part स्थितः exist जगत् the world.