10.16 Tell me of the glories Arjuna speaks

वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः
याभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि

vaktum arhasyaśheṣheṇa divyā hyātma-vibhūtayaḥ
yābhir vibhūtibhir lokān imāṁs tvaṁ vyāpya tiṣhṭhasi

Tell me in full, then, of your divine glories — those glories by which you pervade these worlds and dwell in them.

Explanation

Tell me, then, in full.

Those glories by which you pervade these worlds and dwell in them.

The request is not for a theory. He asks about the glories because they are the part of this that is in the world — findable, unlike the origin that nobody knows.

Word by word

vaktum: to describe
arhasi: please do
aśheṣheṇa: completely
divyāḥ: divine
hi: indeed
ātma: your own
vibhūtayaḥ: opulences
yābhiḥ: by which
vibhūtibhiḥ: opulences
lokān: all worlds
imān: these
tvam: you
vyāpya: pervade
tiṣhṭhasi: reside