Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 10 · Divine Manifestations

    Verse 42

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 10, Verse 42

    अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन। विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत्।।10.42।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    atha vā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna viṣhṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛitsnam ekānśhena sthito jagat

    Translation

    But of what use is all this extensive knowledge to you, O Arjuna? I sustain this whole universe with only a fragment of My power.
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