वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः | याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि || १६ ||
vaktum arhasy aśeṣeṇa divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi
vaktum—to say; arhasi—You deserve; aśeṣeṇa—in detail; divyāḥ—divine; hi—certainly; ātma-vibhūtayaḥ—Your personal opulences; yābhiḥ—by which; vibhūtibhiḥ—by opulences; lokān—all the planets; imān—these; tvam—You; vyāpya—pervading; tiṣṭhasi—remain.
“Please tell me in detail of Your divine manifestations by which You pervade and sustain all these worlds.”
Arjuna's request is pedagogically important. He is not merely curious; he wants a method for perceiving the Divine everywhere. By listing His vibhūtis, Krishna will train Arjuna's — and our — eye to see the fingerprint of the Infinite in every finite excellence. This is practical training in living in a sacred world.
Ask yourself: where do I most powerfully sense the presence of something greater than ordinary life? In music, in mathematics, in a thunderstorm, in a newborn's face? Each answer is a doorway. Begin with those doorways and practice consciously recognizing the divine signature in them. Slowly, the recognition will spread to include everything.