अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said By this word (explanation) of the highest secret concerning the Self which Th…
11.2भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया |
The origin and the destruction of beings verily have been heard by me in detail from Thee,…
11.3एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर |
(Now) O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to see…
11.4मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो |
If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogin…
11.5श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of …
11.6पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा |
Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins and also the Maruts; behold many…
11.7इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् |
Now behold, O Arjuna, in this, My body, the whole universe centred in one including the m…
11.8न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा |
But thou art not able to behold Me with these thine own eyes; I give thee the divine eye; …
11.9सञ्जय उवाच |
Sanjaya said Having thus spoken, O king, the great Lord of Yoga, hari (Krishna), showed t…
11.10अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् |
With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wonderful sights, with numerous divine orname…
11.11दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् |
Wearing divine garlands (necklaces) and apparel, anointed with divine unguents, the all-wo…
11.12दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता |
If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out at once (simultaneously) in the sky,…
11.13तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा |
There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the whole universe resting in one, …
11.14ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः |
Then, Arjuna, filled with wonder and with his hair standing on end, bowed down his head to…
11.15अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said I see all the gods, O God, in Thy body, and (also) hosts of various classes o…
11.16अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं
I see Thee of boundless form on every side with many arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes: neit…
11.17किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च
I see Thee with the diadem, the club and the discus, a mass of radiance shining everywher…
11.18त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं
Thou art the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy to be known. Thou art the great treas…
11.19अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य-
I see Thee without beginning, middle or end, infinite in power, of endless arms, the sun a…
11.20द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि
This space between the earth and the heaven and all the arters are filled by Thee alone; h…
11.21अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति
Verily, into Thee enter these hosts of gods; some extol Thee in fear with joined palms; sa…
11.22रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या
The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, the two Asvins, Maruts, the manes and the…
11.23रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
Having seen Thy immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed, with many arm…
11.24नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं
On seeing Thee (the Cosmic Form) touching the sky, shining in many colours, with mouths wi…
11.25दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि
Having seen Thy mouths fearful with teeth (blazing) like the fires of cosmic dissolution, …
11.26अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः
All the sons of Dhritarashtra, with the hosts of kings of the earth, Bhishma, Drona and Ka…
11.27वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
Some hurriedly enter Thy mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are fou…
11.28यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः
Verily, just as many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, even so these heroes in th…
11.29यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा
As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire for (their own) destruction, so also these cre…
11.30लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्-
Thou lickest up, devouring all the worlds on every side with Thy flaming mouths. Thy fierc…
11.31आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो
Tell me, who Thou art, so fierce of form. Salutations to Thee, O God Supreme: have mercy. …
11.32श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said I am the full-grown world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroyin…
11.33तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व
Therefore, stand up and obtain fame. Coner the enemies and enjoy the unrivalled kingdom. V…
11.34द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च
Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and other brave warriors these are already slain by Me:…
11.35सञ्जय उवाच |
Sanjaya said Having heard that speech of Lord Krishna, Arjuna, with joined palms, trembli…
11.36अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said It is meet, O Krishna, that the world delights and rejoices in Thy praise; de…
11.37कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्
And why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater (than all else), the pr…
11.38त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्-
Thou art the primal God, the ancient Purusha, the supreme refuge of this universe, the kno…
11.39वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
Thou art Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, the Creator, and the great-grandfather. Salut…
11.40नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते
Salutations to Thee, in front and behind!
11.41सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
Whatever I have presumptuously said from carelessness or love, addressing Thee as O Krishn…
11.42यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि
In whatever way I may have insulted Thee for the sake of fun, while at play, reposing, sit…
11.43पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य
Thou art the Father of this world, moving and unmoving. Thou art to be adored by this worl…
11.44तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं
Therefore, bowing down, prostrating my body, I crave Thy forgiveness, O adorable Lord. As …
11.45अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
I am delighted, having seen what has never been seen before; and yet my mind is distressed…
11.46किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
I desire to see Thee as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Thy f…
11.47श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said O Arjuna, this Cosmic Form has graciously been shown to thee by Me …
11.48न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्-
Neither by the study of the Vedas and sacrifices, nor by gifts nor by rituals nor by sever…
11.49मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो
Be not afraid, nor bewildered on seeing such a teriible form of Mine as this; with thy fea…
11.50सञ्जय उवाच |
Sanjaya said Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Krishna again showed His own form and the grea…
11.51अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and am r…
11.52श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said Very hard indeed it is to see this form of Mine which thou hast see…
11.53नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया |
Neither by the Vedas nor by austerity, nor by gift, nor by sacrifice can I be seen in this…
11.54भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन |
But by single-minded devotion can I, of this Form, be known and seen in reality and also e…
11.55मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः |
He who does all actions for Me, who looks upon Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, wh…