Verse 41

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In plain words

Whatever being possesses glory, beauty, or power, know that to have arisen from a portion of My splendour.

Word for word

Whatever being [is] possessed of vibhūti, prosperous or mighty indeed, that very [being], each one, know you [to be] sprung from a portion of My splendour.

The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· bhāṣya

यद्यत् लोके विभूतिमत् विभूतियुक्तं सत्त्वं वस्तु श्रीमत् ऊर्जितमेव वा श्रीर्लक्ष्मीः तया सहितम् उत्साहोपेतं वा, तत्तदेव अवगच्छ त्वं जानीहि मम ईश्वरस्य तेजोंशसम्भवं तेजसः अंशः एकदेशः सम्भवः यस्य तत् तेजोंशसम्भवमिति अवगच्छ त्वम् ॥ ४१ ॥

In plain words

Whatever in this world is glorious, whatever possesses power, whatever entity or thing has splendor or sheer might — whether adorned with Lakṣmī's own prosperity or simply full of vigor — know that very thing to be born from just a single spark of my own splendor as the Lord. Understand it exactly this way: it arises from nothing but a mere portion, a single fragment, of my glory.

Close to the Sanskrit

Whatever, in the world, is possessed of glory — endowed with glory — an entity, a thing, possessed of splendor, or mighty indeed — that is, endowed with śrī, [that is] Lakṣmī, or endowed with vigor — understand, you, know, that very thing as arisen from a portion of my, of the Lord's, splendor: of splendor, a portion, a single part, the origin, of which — that, arisen from a portion of splendor — thus understand, you.