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कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogins tvāṁ sadā parichintayan keṣhu keṣhu cha bhāveṣhu chintyo ’si bhagavan mayā

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 10, Verse 17
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
How shall I, ever meditating, know you, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, should I think of you?

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna asks how, constantly meditating, he should know Krishna, and in what specific forms Krishna should be thought of, again asking for practical, concrete guidance rather than only abstract description.

In life: even after gaining real conceptual understanding of something, you still often need a concrete, practical method for actually engaging with it day to day.

Teaching: after gaining conceptual understanding of something important, follow up by asking specifically how to actually practice engaging with it day to day, concept and method are both necessary, neither alone is sufficient.

kathamhow
vidyām ahamshall I know
yoginthe Supreme Master of Yogmaya
tvāmyou
sadāalways
parichintayanmeditating
keṣhuin what
keṣhuin what
chaand
bhāveṣhuforms
chintyaḥ asito be thought of
bhagavanthe Supreme Divine Personality
mayāby me

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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.