टीका

Commentary

This verse captures the essence of devotional hearing. Arjuna says: I can never get enough. Your words are amritam — nectar, the drink of immortality — and no amount of it can satisfy me. This is the hallmark of genuine spiritual appetite: the more one hears about the Divine, the more one wants to hear.

The word bhooyah — “again” — is telling. Arjuna has already heard about Krishna’s nature in Chapter 7, Chapter 9, and the opening of Chapter 10. Yet he wants more. This is not the repetition of boredom — it is the repetition of love. A mother never tires of looking at her child. A lover never tires of hearing the beloved’s voice. Similarly, the devotee never tires of hearing about the Divine.

Vistarena — “in detail.” Arjuna wants not a summary but a full, extended, detailed description. He wants to be immersed. This is the mood of shravanam — devotional hearing — which is the first and most fundamental practice of bhakti yoga.

The comparison to amritam is profound. In Vedic mythology, the nectar of immortality was churned from the ocean and fought over by gods and demons. Yet Arjuna declares that Krishna’s words are themselves that nectar. For the devotee, hearing about the Divine is not a means to some other end — it is itself the highest experience. The narrative of Krishna’s glories, His opulences, His pastimes — this is the true nectar that liberates the soul from the cycle of birth and death.