BhG 10.42

grammar

atha	–	av. – then, now, moreover, certainly, rather;
vā	–	av. – or, and, on the other side, but even if, however;
bahunā	–	bahu 3n.1 m. – with many;
etena	–	etat sn. 3n.1 m. – with that;
kim	–	av. – what for – requires instrumental (from: kim – what?; often with vā);
jñātena	–	jñāta (√jñā – to know, to understand) PP 3n.1 m. – with that learned;
tava	–	yuṣmat sn. 6n.1 – your;
arjuna	–	arjuna 8n.1 m. – white, clear, O Arjuna;
viṣṭabhya	–	vi-√stambh (to support, to ascertain) absol. – after ascertaining, after supporting;
aham	–	asmat sn. 1n.1 – I;
idam	–	idam 2n.1 n. – this;
kṛtsnam	–	kṛtsna 2n.1 n. – whole;
ekāṁśena	–	eka-aṁśa 3n.1 m.; TP: ekenāṁśeneti – with one portion (from: eka – one; √aṁś – to distribute, aṁśa – share, portion, part);
sthitaḥ	–	sthita (√sthā – to stand) PP 1n.1 m. – situated;
jagat	–	jagat 2n.1 n. – world, moving, mankind (from: √gam – to go);

textual variants

bahunaitena → bahunoktena / bahunaikena ( [what for] that much said / [what for] many [and] one);
jñātena → jñānena ([what for] knowledge);
sthito jagat → jagat sthitaḥ / sthitaṁ jagat (world, situated / situated world);

Rāmānuja

bahunā etena ucyamānena jñānena kiṃ prayojanam /idaṃ cidacidātmakaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagat kāryāvasthaṃ kāraṇāvasthaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ca svarūpasadbhāve, sthitau, pravṛttibhede ca yathā matsaṅkalpaṃ nātivarteta, tathā mama mahimno ‚yutāyutāṃśena viṣṭabhyāham avasthitaḥ / yathoktaṃ bhagavatā parāśareṇa, „yasyāyutāyutāṃśāṃśe viśvaśaktir iyaṃ sthitā” iti

Śrīdhara

athavā kim etena paricchinna-vibhūti-darśanena ? sarvatra mad-dṛṣṭim eva kurv ity āha athaveti | bahunā pṛthak-jñātena kiṃ tava kāryam ? yasmād idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad ekāṃśenaika-deśa-mātreṇa viṣṭabhya dhṛtvā vyāpyeti vā aham eva sthitaḥ | mad-vyatiriktaṃ kiṃcid asti pādo ‚sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādayāmṛtaṃ divi [Rv 8.4.17.3] iti śruteḥ | tasmāt kim anena paricchinna-darśanena sarvatra mad-dṛṣṭim eva kurv ity abhiprāyaḥ

Madhusūdana

evam avayavaśo vibhūtim uktvā sākalyena tām āha athaveti | athaveti pakṣāntare | bahunaitena sāvaśeṣeṇa jñātena kiṃ tava syāt | he arjuna ! idaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sarvaṃ jagad ekāṃśenaikadeśa-mātreṇa viṣṭabhya vidhṛtya vyāpya vāham eva sthito na mad-vyatiriktaṃ kiṃcid asti pādo ‚sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādayāmṛtaṃ divi iti śruteḥ | tasmāt kim anena paricchinna-darśanena sarvatra mad-dṛṣṭim eva kurv ity abhiprāyaḥ

Viśvanātha

bahunā pṛthak-pṛthag-jñātena kiṃ phalaṃ samuditam eva jānīhīty āha viṣṭabhyeti | ekāṃśenaikenaivāṃśena prakṛty-antaryāminā puruṣa-rūpeṇaivedaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ jagad viṣṭabhyādhiṣṭhānatvād vidhṛtyādhiṣṭhātṛtvād adhiṣṭhāya | niyantṛtvān niyamya vyāpakatvād vyāpya kāraṇatvāt sṛṣṭvā sthito ‚smi

Baladeva

evam avayavaśo vibhūtīr apavarṇya sāmsatyena tāḥ prāha athaveti | bahunā pṛthak-pṛthag-upadiśyamānena vibhūti-viṣayakeṇa jñānena tava kiṃ prayojanam | he arjuna ! cid-acid-ātmakaṃ hara-viriñci-pramukhaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagad aham ekenaiva prakṛtyādy-antaryāmiṇā puruṣākhyenāṃśena viṣṭabhya sraṣṭṛtvāt sraṣṭā dhārakatvād dhṛtvā vyāpakatvād vyāpya pālakatvāt pālayitvā ca sthito ‚smīti sarjanādīni mad-vibhūtayo mad-vyāpteṣu sarveṣv aiśvaryādi-sarvāṇi vastūni mad-vibhūtitayā bodhyānīti