Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Bhagavad Gita chapter 11 in English

Every verse below comes from Diya's Bhagavad Gita library, in verse order.

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
11.1 मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्। यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम॥ madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam \| yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho’yaṃ vigato mama \|\|	By the supremely profound words, on the discrimination of Self, that have been spoken by You out of compassion toward me, this my delusion is gone.
11.2 भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया। त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्॥ bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā \| tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam \|\|	Of You, O lotus-eyed, I have heard at length, of the origin and dissolution of beings, as also Your inexhaustible greatness.
11.3 एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर। द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम॥ evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara \| draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama \|\|	So it is, O Lord Supreme! as You have declared Yourself. (Still) I desire to see Your Ishvara-Form, O Purusha Supreme.
11.4 मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो। योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम्॥ manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho \| yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayātmānamavyayam \|\|	If You think I am able to behold it, O Lord of yogis, show me Your imperishable Self.
11.5 पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च॥ paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo’tha sahasraśaḥ \| nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca \|\|	Behold, O son of Pritha, by hundreds and thousands, My different forms divine, of various colours and shapes.
11.6 पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा। बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत॥ paśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśvinau marutastathā \| bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata \|\|	Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the twin Ashvins, and the Maruts. behold, O descendant of Bharata, many wonders never seen before.
11.7 इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्। मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि॥ ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram \| mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchasi \|\|	Now behold, O Gudakesha, the whole universe gathered in this body of Mine, moving and unmoving, and whatever else you wish to see.
11.8 न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा। दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्॥ na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā \| divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram \|\|	But you canst not see Me with these eyes of your; I give you supersensuous sight; behold My yoga Power Supreme.
11.9 एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः। दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्॥ evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ \| darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram \|\|	Having thus spoken, O King, Hari, the great Lord of yoga, showed the son of Pritha His supreme divine form.
11.10 अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्। अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्॥ anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam \| anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham \|\|	That supreme form had innumerable mouths and eyes, many wondrous aspects, divine ornaments, and uplifted divine weapons.
11.11 दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्। सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम्॥ divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam \| sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham \|\|	Wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine-fragrant ointments, the All-wonderful, Resplendent, Boundless and All-formed.
11.12 दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः॥ divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā \| yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ \|\|	If the splendor of a thousand suns were to rise up at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of that Mighty Being.
11.13 तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा। अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा॥ tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā \| apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā \|\|	There in the body of the God of gods, the son of Pandu then saw the whole universe resting in one, with its manifold divisions.
11.14 ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः। प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत॥ tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ \| praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata \|\|	Then Dhananjaya, filled with wonder, with his hair standing on end, bending down his head to the deva in adoration, spoke with joined palms.
11.15 पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्। ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थमृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्॥ paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān \| brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanasthamṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān \|\|	I see all the devas, O deva, in Your body, and hosts of all grades of beings; Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus, and all the rishis and divine serpents.
11.16 अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्। नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप॥ anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato’nantarūpam \| nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃ paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa \|\|	I see You of boundless form on every side with manifold arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes; neither the end nor the middle, nor also the beginning of You do I see, O Lord of the universe, O Universal Form.
11.17 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्। पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्॥ kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvatodīptimantam \| paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantāddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam \|\|	I see You with diadem, club, and discus; a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very hard to look at, all around blazing like burning fire and sun, and immeasurable.
11.18 त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे॥ tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam \| tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā sanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me \|\|	You are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, the one thing to be known. You are the great refuge of this universe; You are the undying Guardian of the eternal dharma, You are the Ancient Purusha, I ween.
11.19 अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्यमनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्। पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम्॥ anādimadhyāntamanantavīryamanantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram \| paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam \|\|	I see You without beginning, middle or end, infinite in power, of manifold arms; the sun and the moon Your eyes, the burning fire Your mouth; heating the whole universe with Your radiance.
11.20 द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः। दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्॥ dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ \| dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃ lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman \|\|	The space betwixt heaven and earth and all the quarters are filled by You alone; having seen this, Your marvelous and awful Form, the three worlds are trembling with fear, O Great-souled One.
11.21 अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति। स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः॥ amī hi tvāṃ surasaṅghā viśanti kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti \| svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ \|\|	Into You enter these hosts of devas; some extol You in fear with joined palms; "May it be well!" thus saying, bands of great rishis and Siddhas praise You with splendid hymns.
11.22 रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च। गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे॥ rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā viśve’śvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca \| gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghā vīkṣante tvāṃ vismitāścaiva sarve \|\|	The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Vishva-devas, the two Ashvins, Maruts, Ushmapas, and hosts of Gandharvas, yakshas, asuras, and Siddhas,—all these are looking at You, all quite astounded.
11.23 रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्। बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम्॥ rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam \| bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham \|\|	Seeing Your vast form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed, with many arms, thighs, and feet, many bellies, and many terrible fangs, the worlds tremble—and so do truly I.
11.24 नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्। दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो॥ nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram \| dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo \|\|	On seeing You touching the sky, shining in many a colour, with mouths wide open, with large fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart, and find no courage nor peace, O Vishnu.
11.25 दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि। दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास॥ daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni \| diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa \|\|	Having seen Your mouths, fearful with tusks, (blazing) like Pralaya-fires, I know not the four quarters, nor do I find peace; have mercy, O Lord of the devas, O abode of the universe.
11.26 अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः। भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः॥ amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ \| bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ \|\|	I see all the sons of Dhritarashtra, together with hosts of kings, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and the foremost warriors on our side.
11.27 वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि। केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः॥ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni \| kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ \|\|	They rush into Your terrible, fang-filled mouths. Some people are seen caught between Your teeth, their heads crushed to powder.
11.28 यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति। तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति॥ yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo’mbuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti \| tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti \|\|	As the many torrents of rivers flow toward the ocean, so do these heroes in the world of people enter Your fiercely flaming mouths.
11.29 यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः॥ yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ \| tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokāstavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ \|\|	As moths precipitately rush into a blazing fire only to perish, even so do these creatures also precipitately rush into Your mouths only to perish.
11.30 लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो॥ lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāllokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ \| tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo \|\|	Swallowing all the worlds on every side with Your flaming mouths, You are licking Your lips. Your fierce rays, filling the whole world with radiance, are burning, O Vishnu,.
11.31 आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद। विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्॥ ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo’stu te devavara prasīda \| vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim \|\|	Tell me who You are, fierce in form. Salutation to You, O deva Supreme; have mercy. I desire to know You, O Primeval One. I know not indeed Your purpose.
11.32 कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः। ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥ kālo’smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ \| ṛte’pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye’vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ \|\|	I am Time, the mighty destroyer of worlds, now engaged in destroying these peoples. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed in the opposing armies will truly survive.
11.33 तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्। मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्॥ tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham \| mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin \|\|	Therefore arise, win glory, conquer your enemies, and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They have already been killed by Me; be merely the instrument, O Savyasacin.
11.34 द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च कर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान्। मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्॥ droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca karṇaṃ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān \| mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān \|\|	Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, as well as other brave warriors,—these already killed by Me, do you kill. Be not distressed with fear; fight, and you will conquer your enemies in battle.
11.35 एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी। नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य॥ etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī \| namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya \|\|	Hearing Keshava’s words, Arjuna trembled, bowed with joined palms, and spoke again to Krishna in a choked voice.
11.36 स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च। रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः॥ sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca \| rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ \|\|	It is meet, O Hrishikesha, that the world is delighted and rejoices in Your praise, that rakshasas fly in fear to all quarters and all the hosts of Siddhas bow down to You in adoration.
11.37 कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे। अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्॥ kasmācca te na nameranmahātman garīyase brahmaṇo’pyādikartre \| ananta deveśa jagannivāsa tvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat \|\|	And why should they not, O Great-souled One, bow to You, greater than, and the Primal Cause of even Brahma, O Infinite Being, O Lord of the devas, O abode of the universe? You are the Imperishable, the Being and the non-Being, (as well as) That which is Beyond (them).
11.38 त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप॥ tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇastvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam \| vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa \|\|	You are the Primal deva, the Ancient Purusha; You are the Supreme refuge of this universe, You are the Knower, and the One Thing to be known; You are the Supreme goal. By You is the universe pervaded, O Boundless Form.
11.39 वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च। नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते॥ vāyuryamo’gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca \| namo namaste’stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ punaśca bhūyo’pi namo namaste \|\|	You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the Moon, Prajapati, and the Great-Grandfather. Salutation, salutation to You, a thousand times, and again and again salutation, salutation to You!
11.40 नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः॥ namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste namo’stu te sarvata eva sarva \| anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato’si sarvaḥ \|\|	Homage to You before and behind; homage to You on every side. Infinite in power and might, You pervade all and therefore are all.
11.41 सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति। अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि॥ sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti \| ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi \|\|	Unaware of Your greatness and thinking of You merely as my friend, I have presumptuously addressed You, through carelessness or affection, as "O Krishna," "O Yadava," and "O friend."
11.42 यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु। एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम्॥ yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto’si vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu \| eko’thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam \|\|	In whatever way I may have been disrespectful to You in fun, while walking, reposing, sitting, or at meals, whether alone with You, O Achyuta, or in company—I implore You, Immeasurable One, to forgive all this.
11.43 पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्। न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव॥ pitāsi lokasya carācarasya tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān \| na tvatsamo’styabhyadhikaḥ kuto’nyo lokatraye’pyapratimaprabhāva \|\|	You are the Father of the world, moving and unmoving; the object of its worship; greater than the great. None there exists who is equal to You in the three worlds; who then can excel You, O You of power incomparable?
11.44 तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्। पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम्॥ tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam \| piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum \|\|	I bow my body before You and ask Your forgiveness, adorable Lord. As a father forgives a son, a friend a friend, or a beloved one the beloved, so forgive me.
11.45 अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे। तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास॥ adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito’smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me \| tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa \|\|	I rejoice at seeing what has never been seen before, yet my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that same familiar form, O God. be gracious, O Lord of gods, O abode of the universe.
11.46 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तमिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव। तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते॥ kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastamicchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva \| tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte \|\|	Diademed, bearing a mace and a discus, You I desire to see as before. Assume that same four-armed Form, O You of thousand arms, of universal Form.
11.47 मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात्। तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम्॥ mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt \| tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam \|\|	Graciously have I shown to you, O Arjuna, this Form supreme, by My own yoga power, this resplendent, primeval, infinite, universal Form of Mine, which has not been seen before by anyone else.
11.48 न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः। एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर॥ na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānairna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ \| evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra \|\|	Not by Vedic study, sacrifice, gifts, rituals, or severe austerities can I be seen in this form by anyone in the human world other than you.
11.49 मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम्। व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य॥ mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam \| vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃ tadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya \|\|	Be not afraid nor bewildered, having beheld this Form of Mine, so terrific. With your fears dispelled and with gladdened heart, now see again this (former) form of Mine.
11.50 इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः। आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा॥ ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ \| āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṃ bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā \|\|	So Vasudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, showed again His own Form and the Great-souled One, assuming His gentle Form, pacified one who was terrified.
11.51 दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन। इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः॥ dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tavasaumyaṃ janārdana \| idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ \|\|	Having seen this Your gentle human Form, O Janardana, my thoughts are now composed and I am restored to my nature.
11.52 सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम। देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः॥ sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama \| devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ \|\|	Very hard indeed it is to see this Form of Mine which you have seen. Even the devas ever long to behold this Form.
11.53 नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया। शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा॥ nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā \| śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā \|\|	Neither by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice can I be seen as you have seen Me.
11.54 भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन। ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप॥ bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho’rjuna \| jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa \|\|	But by undivided devotion alone can I in this form be truly known, seen, and entered into, O Arjuna, subduer of foes.
11.55 मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः। निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव॥ matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ \| nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava \|\|	One who works for Me, takes Me as the goal, is devoted to Me, free from attachment, and without enmity toward any being, comes to Me, O Pandava.

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