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Въгазавад  - гӯїта́  Аѕ Іт Іѕ
[Ch. 10]
is guarded by His  yoga-māyā  energy. Again, these questions are asked by Arjuna for their benefit. The superior devotee is not only concerned for his own understanding, but for the understanding of all mankind. Out of his mercy, because he is a Vaiṣṇava, a devotee, Arjuna is opening the understanding for the common man as far as the all-pervasiveness of the Supreme is concerned. He addresses Kṛṣṇa specifically as  yogin  because Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the master of the  yoga-māyā  energy by which He is covered and uncovered to the common man. The common man who has no love for Kṛṣṇa cannot always think of Kṛṣṇa; therefore he has to think materially. Arjuna is considering the mode of thinking of the materialistic persons of this world. Because materialists cannot understand Kṛṣṇa spiritually, they are advised to concentrate the mind on physical things and try to see how Kṛṣṇa is manifested by physical representations.
TEXT 18
विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन । भूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥१८॥
vistarenātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana bhūyaḥ kathaya trṛptir hi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam
vistarena —in description;  ātmanaḥ —of Yourself;  yogam —mystic power;  vibhūtim —opulences;  ca —also;  janārdana —O killer of the atheists;  bhūyaḥ —again;  kathaya —describe;  tṛptiḥ —satisfaction;  hi —certainly;  śṃvataḥ —hearing;  na asti —there is no;  me —my;  amṛtam —nectar.
TRANSLATION
Tell me again in detail, O Janārdana [Kṛṣṇa], of Your mighty potencies and glories, for I never tire of hearing Your ambrosial words.
PURPORT
A similar statement was made to Sūta Gosvāmī by the  ṛṣis  of Naimi-ṣāraṇya, headed by Śaunaka. That statement is:
vayam tu na vitṛpyāma uttama-śloka-vikrame yac chṛṇvatāṁ rasa-jñānāṁ svādu svādu pade pade.