For Eternal Beginners
कथम् विद्याम् अहम् योगी त्वाम् सदा परिचिन्तयन् ।
केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्यो असि भगवन् मया ॥ १७ ॥
katham vidyAm aham yogI tvAm sadA paricintayan |
keSu keSu ca bhAveSu cintyo asi bhagavan mayA || 17 ||
अहम्
[aham]
I योगी
[yogI]
am in the quest of Your
devotion
. कथम् विद्याम्
[katham vidyAm]
How do I know You, परिचिन्तयन् सदा
[paricintayan sadA]
while thinking about You always? भगवन्
[bhagavan]
O Lord, केषु केषु च भावेषु
[keSu keSu ca bhAveSu]
in what forms and thoughts चिन्त्यो असि
[cintyo asi]
are You to be thought about मया
[mayA]
by Me?
I am in the quest of Your devotion . Being in this quest, I have You in My thoughts always, I think of You with devotion . While thinking of You in this way, how do I know You completely, along with everything that’s Yours?
Other than the reasoning, knowledge and states-of-being You described previously , in what ways should I think of You as the governor of the Universe - Ways that haven’t been described till now?