Bhagavad Gita 10.19

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi

divyā hy ātma-vibhūtayaḥ

prādhānyataḥ kuru-śreṣṭha

nāsty anto vistarasya me

 

Delighted am I, O noble one, to speak

The knowledge of my glories you seek;

Only the principal ones shall I express

For they are countless and endless.

 

My dear Lord, I often come to you to be freed from ignorance. While you frequently do free me from it, help me remember that I will always remain a finite being, and therefore can never fully grasp your infinite glories or inconceivable plans.

O supreme intelligence, when a commander leads a large military operation, there are so many complex moving parts that individual soldiers do not—and cannot—know the whole picture. Similar is my situation when I try to serve you—except that you use even my inevitable ignorance for a higher purpose.

O benevolent Lord, your focus is on guiding me not just toward the right action but also toward the right disposition—one that recognizes that you are greater than the world, that you matter to me more than the world, and that staying connected with you is more important than knowing the exact thing to do. When I prioritize you, I show you that I desire more to be led beyond the fundamental ignorance of material existence than merely to be led through its circumstantial confusions.

O supreme transcendence, grant me the conviction that my ignorance of your plan does not mean you have left me out of your plan; it means that your plan is for me to realize that I am always left with you—and being with you is what matters most.

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10.19 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless.