BG 10.42

अथ वा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन ।
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ॥
atha vā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna
viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat

Word-for-word meanings

atha vā — otherwise;  kim — of what avail is it;  tava — to you;  arjuna — O Arjuna;  jñātena — by knowing;  etena — all this;  bahunā — in detail;  eka aṁśena — by a single fraction [of My power];  aham — I;  sthitaḥ — remain situated;  viṣṭabhya — pervading;  idam — this;  kṛtsnam — entire;  jagat — cosmos.

Translation

But of what avail is it to you, O Arjuna, to know all of this in detail? By a single fraction of My power I remain situated, pervading this entire cosmos.

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