Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10, Verse 17

Quick answer

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10, Verse 17 (10.17) means: How am I to know you, ever keeping you in mind? In what forms, my lord, should I hold you in my thoughts?

Sanskrit

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्। केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।

Transliteration

kathaṁ vidyām ahaṁ yogins tvāṁ sadā parichintayan keṣhu keṣhu cha bhāveṣhu chintyo ’si bhagavan mayā

Translation

How am I to know you, ever keeping you in mind? In what forms, my lord, should I hold you in my thoughts?

Hindi

मैं आपको सदा मन में रखते हुए कैसे जानूँ? हे प्रभु, किन-किन रूपों में मैं आपको अपने विचारों में धारण करूँ?

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10, Verse 17?

How am I to know you, ever keeping you in mind? In what forms, my lord, should I hold you in my thoughts?

Which chapter is verse 10.17 from?

It is verse 17 of Chapter 10 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 42 verses in total.

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