Verse 10.17

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् ।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥

10.17

Transliteration

kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan |

keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavanmayā ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

How shall I, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin? In what aspects or things, O blessed Lord, art Thou to be thought of by me?

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Word by word

how
may know
I
O master of yoga
you
always
meditating

in what
in what
and
forms
to be contemplated
are you
O Lord
by me

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna's question is practical. He wants to keep Krishna always in mind, but the mind needs something to rest on. In which forms, in which aspects of the world, should he think of the divine? He calls Krishna yogin, the master of yoga, which links back to the power of yoga Krishna mentioned earlier in the chapter. The repeated phrase in which and which shows his eagerness for many particular examples. The verse explains the purpose of the long list that follows: it is meant as a set of supports for remembrance, not as a catalogue for its own sake.