मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् |
यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ||११-१||
arjuna uvāca .
madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam .
yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho.ayaṃ vigato mama ||11-1||
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Arjuna said: The delusion I had is gone, because of the most secret teaching about the self that you spoke to me for my benefit.
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया |
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ||११-२||
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā .
tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam ||11-2||
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O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from you in full about the origin and end of all beings, and about your undying greatness.
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर |
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||
evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara .
draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||11-3||
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O supreme Lord, it is exactly as you have described yourself. O supreme Person, I wish to see your divine form.
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो |
योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ||११-४||
manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho .
yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayātmānamavyayam ||11-4||
Simple English
Primary Translation
O Lord, if you think it is possible for me to see it, then show me your eternal self, O master of yoga.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः |
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||११-५||
śrībhagavānuvāca .
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ .
nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ||11-5||
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Krishna said: O son of Pritha, behold my forms, hundreds and thousands of them, of many kinds, divine, of many colors and shapes.
पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा |
बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ||११-६||
paśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśvinau marutastathā .
bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata ||11-6||
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Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Ashvins, and the Maruts. O descendant of Bharata, behold many wonders never seen before.
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् |
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ||११-७||
ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram .
mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyad draṣṭumicchasi ||11-7||
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See here the entire universe, moving and unmoving, all gathered together in one place in my body, O Gudakesha, and whatever else you wish to see.
न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा |
दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||११-८||
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā .
divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram ||11-8||
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But you cannot see me with this ordinary eye of yours. I give you a divine eye. Behold my divine power.
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः |
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ||११-९||
sañjaya uvāca .
evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ .
darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram ||11-9||
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Sanjaya said: O king, having spoken these words, Hari, the great master of yoga, then showed Arjuna the supreme divine form.
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् |
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ||११-१०||
anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam .
anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham ||11-10||
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It had many faces and eyes, many wondrous sights, many divine ornaments, many upraised divine weapons,
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् |
सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ||११-११||
divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam .
sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham ||11-11||
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wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine fragrances, full of all wonders, radiant, boundless, with faces on every side.
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता |
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||११-१२||
divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā .
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ||11-12||
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Primary Translation
If a thousand suns were to blaze up all at once in the sky, that light might be similar to the light of that great being.
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा |
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ||११-१३||
tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā .
apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā ||11-13||
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There Arjuna saw the entire universe, divided in many ways, all resting in one place in the body of the God of gods.
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः |
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ||११-१४||
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ .
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata ||11-14||
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Then, filled with wonder, his hair standing on end, Arjuna bowed his head before the Lord and spoke with folded hands.
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् |
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ||११-१५||
arjuna uvāca .
paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān .
brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanasthaṃ ṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān ||11-15||
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Arjuna said: O God, I see all the gods in your body, and also all the different groups of beings. I see Brahma seated on a lotus, and all the sages and divine serpents.
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् |
नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ||११-१६||
anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato.anantarūpam .
nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃ paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa ||11-16||
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I see you with countless arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes, everywhere without limit. O lord of the universe, O cosmic form, I see no end, no middle, and no beginning of you.
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् |
पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद् दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ||११-१७||
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam .
paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād dīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam ||11-17||
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Primary Translation
I see you wearing a crown, holding a mace and a discus, a mass of brilliance blazing all around, hard to look at from any side, with the radiance of blazing fire and the sun, immeasurable.
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् |
त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ||११-१८||
tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam .
tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā sanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me ||11-18||
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Primary Translation
You are the imperishable, the highest to be known. You are the final resting place of this universe. You are the undying guardian of eternal righteousness. You are the ancient person. This is my belief.
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य- मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् |
पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ||११-१९||
anādimadhyāntamanantavīryam anantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram .
paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam ||11-19||
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Primary Translation
I see you without beginning, middle, or end, of boundless power, with countless arms, with the sun and moon as eyes, with a mouth like blazing fire, scorching this universe with your own radiance.
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः |
दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ||११-२०||
dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ .
dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃ lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman ||11-20||
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Primary Translation
This space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, is filled by you alone. O great one, seeing this wondrous and terrible form of yours, all three worlds are shaking with fear.
अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति |
स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ||११-२१||
amī hi tvāṃ surasaṅghā viśanti kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti .
svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ ||11-21||
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Those hosts of gods are entering into you. Some, struck with fear, stand with folded hands and praise you. The great sages and perfected ones praise you with full hymns, calling out 'May all be well!'
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च |
गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ||११-२२||
rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā viśve.aśvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca .
gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghā vīkṣante tvāṃ vismitāścaiva sarve ||11-22||
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The Rudras, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas, the Ashvins, the Maruts, the Ushmapas, and the hosts of Gandharvas, Yakshas, demons, and Siddhas, they all look at you, and all of them are struck with wonder.
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् |
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ||११-२३||
rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam .
bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham ||11-23||
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Primary Translation
O mighty-armed one, seeing your vast form with many mouths and eyes, many arms, thighs, and feet, many bellies, and terrible with many teeth, the worlds are shaken, and so am I.
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् |
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ||११-२४||
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram .
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ||11-24||
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Primary Translation
O Vishnu, seeing you touching the sky, blazing with many colors, with open mouths and fiery wide eyes, my inner self trembles with fear. I find no steadiness or peace.
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि |
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-२५||
daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni .
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||11-25||
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Primary Translation
Seeing your mouths alone, terrible with teeth, blazing like the fire of dissolution, I lose all sense of direction and find no comfort. Be gracious, O lord of gods, O abode of the universe.
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः |
भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ||११-२६||
amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ .
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ ||11-26||
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Primary Translation
All the sons of Dhritarashtra along with all the kings are entering into you, and so are Bhishma, Drona, and the son of a charioteer, along with the chief warriors on our side.
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि |
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ||११-२७||
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni .
kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||11-27||
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Primary Translation
They rush headlong into your terrible mouths with crushing teeth. Some are seen caught between the teeth with their heads crushed.
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति |
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ||११-२८||
yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo.ambuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti .
tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti ||11-28||
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Primary Translation
As the many rushing currents of rivers flow toward the sea, so do those heroes of the human world enter into your blazing mouths.
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः |
तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्- तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ||११-२९||
yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ .
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokāsa- tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ ||11-29||
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Primary Translation
As moths rush with great speed into a blazing fire to their destruction, so too do these people rush into your mouths with great speed to their destruction.
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्- लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः |
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ||११-३०||
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl- lokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ .
tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||11-30||
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Primary Translation
You are licking your lips and devouring all the worlds from every side with your blazing mouths. Your fierce radiance fills the entire universe and scorches it, O Vishnu.
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद |
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ||११-३१||
ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo.astu te devavara prasīda .
vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ||11-31||
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Primary Translation
Tell me who you are in this fierce form. Salutation to you, O greatest of gods. Be gracious. I wish to know you, the primordial one. I do not understand what you are doing.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः |
ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ||११-३२||
śrībhagavānuvāca .
kālo.asmi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ .
ṛte.api tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye.avasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ||11-32||
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Primary Translation
Krishna said: I am time, the destroyer of worlds, fully grown, and now engaged in bringing about the end of these worlds. Even without you, all the warriors standing in the opposing armies will cease to exist.
तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् |
मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ||११-३३||
tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham .
mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin ||11-33||
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Primary Translation
So rise up. Win glory. Defeat the enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. These warriors have already been slain by me. You are only the instrument. O Savyasachin.
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च कर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान् |
मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ||११-३४||
droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca karṇaṃ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān .
mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mavyathiṣṭhā yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān ||11-34||
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Strike down Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and the other great warriors who have already been slain by me. Do not be afraid. Fight. You will conquer the enemies in battle.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी |
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ||११-३५||
sañjaya uvāca .
etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī .
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya ||11-35||
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Sanjaya said: Hearing these words of Keshava, Arjuna, trembling, with folded hands, bowed down again and, overcome with fear, spoke to Krishna with a faltering voice.
स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च |
रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ||११-३६||
arjuna uvāca .
sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagatprahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca .
rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ ||11-36||
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Arjuna said: O Hrishikesha, rightly does the world rejoice and feel drawn to your praise. The Rakshasas scatter in fear in all directions, and all the hosts of Siddhas bow down before you.
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे |
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ||११-३७||
kasmācca te na nameranmahātman garīyase brahmaṇo.apyādikartre .
ananta deveśa jagannivāsa tvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat ||11-37||
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And why should they not bow to you, O great one, who are greater even than Brahma, and the first creator? O infinite one, lord of gods, abode of the universe, you are the imperishable, being and non-being, and what is beyond that.
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्- त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् |
वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ||११-३८||
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇasa- tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam .
vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa ||11-38||
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You are the primal God, the ancient Person. You are the highest resting place of all this world. You are the knower and what is to be known, and the supreme abode. O you of infinite forms, this universe is pervaded by you.
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च |
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ||११-३९||
vāyuryamo.agnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca .
namo namaste.astu sahasrakṛtvaḥ punaśca bhūyo.api namo namaste ||11-39||
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You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, Prajapati, and the great-grandfather. Salutation, salutation to you a thousand times over. And again, salutation, salutation to you.
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व |
अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ||११-४०||
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste namo.astu te sarvata eva sarva .
anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato.asi sarvaḥ ||11-40||
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Salutation to you from the front and from behind. Salutation to you on all sides, O all. You are of infinite strength and boundless courage. You pervade everything, so you are everything.
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति |
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ||११-४१||
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti .
ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi ||11-41||
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Whatever I may have said carelessly or with too much confidence, calling you simply 'O Krishna,' 'O Yadava,' 'O friend,' thinking of you as a companion and not knowing your greatness,
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु |
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ||११-४२||
yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto.asi vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu .
eko.athavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam ||11-42||
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and however you may have been shown disrespect in play, in rest, in sitting, in eating, whether alone or in the presence of others, O Achyuta, for all of that I ask your forgiveness, you who are beyond measure.
पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् |
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ||११-४३||
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān .
na tvatsamo.astyabhyadhikaḥ kuto.anyo lokatraye.apyapratimaprabhāva ||11-43||
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You are the father of all the world, of what moves and what does not move. You are its teacher and worthy of worship, greater than any teacher. There is no one equal to you. How could there be anyone greater in all three worlds, O you of unrivaled power?
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् |
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ||११-४४||
tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam .
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum ||11-44||
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Therefore, bowing down and prostrating myself before you, I seek your grace, O Lord who is to be worshipped. As a father bears with a son, as a friend with a friend, as a lover with a beloved, so please bear with me, O God.
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे |
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-४५||
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito.asmi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me .
tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||11-45||
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I am delighted to have seen what I had never seen before, and yet my mind shakes with fear. O Lord, show me that other form. Be gracious, O lord of gods, O abode of the universe.
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव |
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ||११-४६||
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastaṃ icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva .
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte ||11-46||
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I wish to see you as before, wearing a crown, holding a mace, with a discus in hand. Take that four-armed form again, O thousand-armed one, O cosmic form.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् |
तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ||११-४७||
śrībhagavānuvāca .
mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt .
tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam ||11-47||
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Krishna said: O Arjuna, this supreme cosmic form, radiant, infinite, and primordial, which no one other than you has ever seen before, I have shown to you through my own power of yoga, out of grace for you.
न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्- न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः |
एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ||११-४८||
na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānaira- na ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ .
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra ||11-48||
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Not through the study of the Vedas and sacrifices, not through gifts, not through rituals, not through severe austerities, can I be seen in this form in the human world by anyone other than you, O greatest of the Kurus.
मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् |
व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ||११-४९||
mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam .
vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃ tadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya ||11-49||
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Do not be afraid and do not be bewildered by seeing this terrible form of mine. With your fear gone and your heart glad, see again this earlier form of mine.
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः |
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ||११-५०||
sañjaya uvāca .
ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ .
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṃ bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā ||11-50||
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Sanjaya said: Having spoken to Arjuna in this way, Vasudeva showed his own form again. The great one reassured this frightened man by once again taking on his gentle form.
दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन |
इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ||११-५१||
arjuna uvāca .
dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdana .
idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ ||11-51||
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Arjuna said: O Janardana, seeing this gentle human form of yours, my mind is now calm and I have returned to my own nature.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम |
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ||११-५२||
śrībhagavānuvāca .
sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama .
devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||11-52||
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Krishna said: This form of mine which you have seen is very difficult to see. Even the gods are always longing for a vision of this form.
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया |
शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ||११-५३||
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā .
śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ||11-53||
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Not through the Vedas, not through austerity, not through gifts, not even through sacrifice can I be seen in the form in which you have seen me.
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन |
ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ||११-५४||
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho.arjuna .
jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ||11-54||
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But through undivided devotion, O Arjuna, I can be known and seen in reality in this form, and also entered into, O destroyer of enemies.
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः |
निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ||११-५५||
matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ .
nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava ||11-55||
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The one who acts for me, who holds me as the highest goal, who is devoted to me, who is free from attachment, and who has no enmity toward any being, that person comes to me, O son of Pandu.