Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 40
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप । एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया
nānto'sti mama divyānāṃ vibhūtīnāṃ parantapa | eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā
Translation
There is no end of My heavenly Glories, O harasser of thy foes; but the details of My Glory have been declared only by way of instance.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- antaḥ
- end
- asti
- is
- mama
- my
- divyānām
- (of) divine
- vibhūtīnām
- glories
- parantapa
- O Parantapa
- eṣaḥ
- this
- tu
- indeed
- uddeśataḥ
- by-(way of) illustration
- proktaḥ
- said
- vibhūteḥ
- of glory
- vistaraḥ
- extent
- mayā
- by me
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
It is indeed not possible for anybody to describe or know the exact extent of the Divine Glories of the Lord, the Self of all.