10.1 Because you are dear to me Krishna speaks
भूय एव महाबाहो श्रृणु मे परमं वचः
यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया
bhūya eva mahā-bāho śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥ
yatte ’haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣhyāmi hita-kāmyayā
Hear again my highest word, mighty-armed one, which I speak to you because you are dear to me and for your good.
Explanation
The reason given is affection, again.
Hear my highest word — because you are dear to me, and for your good.
Chapter 4 gave friendship as the qualification; chapter 9 gave the absence of a sneer. Across the book the licence to hear the deepest things is never merit.
Word by word
- śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
- the Blessed Lord said
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- eva
- verily
- mahā-bāho
- mighty armed one
- śhṛiṇu
- hear
- me
- my
- paramam
- divine
- vachaḥ
- teachings
- yat
- which
- te
- to you
- aham
- I
- prīyamāṇāya
- you are my beloved confidant
- vakṣhyāmi
- say
- hita-kāmyayā
- for desiring your welfare
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