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“True devotion never feels finished hearing the beloved.”
O Janardana, tell me again in detail of Your yogic power and Your manifestations, for I am not satisfied hearing Your nectar-like words.
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Arjuna asks Krishna to keep speaking about his divine powers and forms, because hearing about them never feels complete.
Arjuna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Vibhuti Yoga" (The Yoga of Divine Glories).
Verse 18 sits in Chapter 10 of the Bhagavad Gita — Vibhuti Yoga, "The Yoga of Divine Glories". The chapter has 42 verses in total.
You find one line in a talk that opens something in you, and you replay it again and again on the walk home. Real longing does not get bored; it wants deeper contact.
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What this verse means
Arjuna asks Krishna to keep speaking about his divine powers and forms, because hearing about them never feels complete.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna has stopped asking about war and started asking about Krishna himself. After hearing some of Krishna’s divine manifestations, he wants more. This verse shows devotion turning into an endless hunger to know the beloved more fully.
Why this verse still matters
You find one line in a talk that opens something in you, and you replay it again and again on the walk home. Real longing does not get bored; it wants deeper contact.
“Love for the divine does not run out of listening; it deepens with more hearing.”
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