Chapter 11 · Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಮದನುಗ್ರಹಾಯ ಪರಮಂ ಗುಹ್ಯಮಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಸಂಜ್ಞಿತಮ್। ಯತ್ತ್ವಯೋಕ್ತಂ ವಚಸ್ತೇನ ಮೋಹೋಽಯಂ ವಿಗತೋ ಮಮ

arjuna uvācha mad-anugrahāya paramaṁ guhyam adhyātma-sanjñitam yat tvayoktaṁ vachas tena moho ’yaṁ vigato mama

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, By this explanation of the highest secret concerning the Self which Thou hast spoken, for the sake of blessing me, my delusion has been dispelled.

ಭವಾಪ್ಯಯೌ ಹಿ ಭೂತಾನಾಂ ಶ್ರುತೌ ವಿಸ್ತರಶೋ ಮಯಾ। ತ್ವತ್ತಃ ಕಮಲಪತ್ರಾಕ್ಷ ಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯಮಪಿ ಚಾವ್ಯಯಮ್

bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śhrutau vistaraśho mayā tvattaḥ kamala-patrākṣha māhātmyam api chāvyayam

📖 Meaning

The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Your inexhaustible greatness.

ಏವಮೇತದ್ಯಥಾತ್ಥ ತ್ವಮಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರ। ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಿಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ತೇ ರೂಪಮೈಶ್ವರಂ ಪುರುಷೋತ್ತಮ

evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvara draṣhṭum ichchhāmi te rūpam aiśhwaraṁ puruṣhottama

📖 Meaning

Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.

ಮನ್ಯಸೇ ಯದಿ ತಚ್ಛಕ್ಯಂ ಮಯಾ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಿತಿ ಪ್ರಭೋ। ಯೋಗೇಶ್ವರ ತತೋ ಮೇ ತ್ವಂ ದರ್ಶಯಾಽತ್ಮಾನಮವ್ಯಯಮ್

manyase yadi tach chhakyaṁ mayā draṣhṭum iti prabho yogeśhvara tato me tvaṁ darśhayātmānam avyayam

📖 Meaning

If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogis, show me Thy imperishable Self.

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಪಶ್ಯ ಮೇ ಪಾರ್ಥ ರೂಪಾಣಿ ಶತಶೋಽಥ ಸಹಸ್ರಶಃ। ನಾನಾವಿಧಾನಿ ದಿವ್ಯಾನಿ ನಾನಾವರ್ಣಾಕೃತೀನಿ ಚ

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paśhya me pārtha rūpāṇi śhataśho ’tha sahasraśhaḥ nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛitīni cha

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."

ಪಶ್ಯಾದಿತ್ಯಾನ್ವಸೂನ್ರುದ್ರಾನಶ್ಿವನೌ ಮರುತಸ್ತಥಾ। ಬಹೂನ್ಯದೃಷ್ಟಪೂರ್ವಾಣಿ ಪಶ್ಯಾಽಶ್ಚರ್ಯಾಣಿ ಭಾರತ

paśhyādityān vasūn rudrān aśhvinau marutas tathā bahūny adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvāṇi paśhyāśhcharyāṇi bhārata

📖 Meaning

Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins, and the Maruts; behold many wonders never before seen, O Arjuna.

ಇಹೈಕಸ್ಥಂ ಜಗತ್ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಂ ಪಶ್ಯಾದ್ಯ ಸಚರಾಚರಮ್। ಮಮ ದೇಹೇ ಗುಡಾಕೇಶ ಯಚ್ಚಾನ್ಯದ್ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಿಚ್ಛಸಿ

ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ paśhyādya sa-charācharam mama dehe guḍākeśha yach chānyad draṣhṭum ichchhasi

📖 Meaning

Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.

ನ ತು ಮಾಂ ಶಕ್ಯಸೇ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮನೇನೈವ ಸ್ವಚಕ್ಷುಷಾ। ದಿವ್ಯಂ ದದಾಮಿ ತೇ ಚಕ್ಷುಃ ಪಶ್ಯ ಮೇ ಯೋಗಮೈಶ್ವರಮ್

na tu māṁ śhakyase draṣhṭum anenaiva sva-chakṣhuṣhā divyaṁ dadāmi te chakṣhuḥ paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram

📖 Meaning

But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಏವಮುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ತತೋ ರಾಜನ್ಮಹಾಯೋಗೇಶ್ವರೋ ಹರಿಃ। ದರ್ಶಯಾಮಾಸ ಪಾರ್ಥಾಯ ಪರಮಂ ರೂಪಮೈಶ್ವರಮ್

sañjaya uvācha evam uktvā tato rājan mahā-yogeśhvaro hariḥ darśhayām āsa pārthāya paramaṁ rūpam aiśhwaram

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken, O king, the great Lord of Yoga, Hari (Krishna), showed Arjuna His supreme form as the Lord.

ಅನೇಕವಕ್ತ್ರನಯನಮನೇಕಾದ್ಭುತದರ್ಶನಮ್। ಅನೇಕದಿವ್ಯಾಭರಣಂ ದಿವ್ಯಾನೇಕೋದ್ಯತಾಯುಧಮ್

aneka-vaktra-nayanam anekādbhuta-darśhanam aneka-divyābharaṇaṁ divyānekodyatāyudham

📖 Meaning

With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous divine adornments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted, such a form He showed.

ದಿವ್ಯಮಾಲ್ಯಾಮ್ಬರಧರಂ ದಿವ್ಯಗನ್ಧಾನುಲೇಪನಮ್। ಸರ್ವಾಶ್ಚರ್ಯಮಯಂ ದೇವಮನನ್ತಂ ವಿಶ್ವತೋಮುಖಮ್

divya-mālyāmbara-dharaṁ divya-gandhānulepanam sarvāśhcharya-mayaṁ devam anantaṁ viśhvato-mukham

📖 Meaning

Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with divine unguents, the all-wonderful, resplendent Being is endless with faces on all sides.

ದಿವಿ ಸೂರ್ಯಸಹಸ್ರಸ್ಯ ಭವೇದ್ಯುಗಪದುತ್ಥಿತಾ। ಯದಿ ಭಾಃ ಸದೃಶೀ ಸಾ ಸ್ಯಾದ್ಭಾಸಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಃ

divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛiśhī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ

📖 Meaning

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out simultaneously in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty being.

ತತ್ರೈಕಸ್ಥಂ ಜಗತ್ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಂ ಪ್ರವಿಭಕ್ತಮನೇಕಧಾ। ಅಪಶ್ಯದ್ದೇವದೇವಸ್ಯ ಶರೀರೇ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಸ್ತದಾ

tatraika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ pravibhaktam anekadhā apaśhyad deva-devasya śharīre pāṇḍavas tadā

📖 Meaning

There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the entire universe resting in one, with its myriad of divisions.

ತತಃ ಸ ವಿಸ್ಮಯಾವಿಷ್ಟೋ ಹೃಷ್ಟರೋಮಾ ಧನಞ್ಜಯಃ। ಪ್ರಣಮ್ಯ ಶಿರಸಾ ದೇವಂ ಕೃತಾಞ್ಜಲಿರಭಾಷತ

tataḥ sa vismayāviṣhṭo hṛiṣhṭa-romā dhanañjayaḥ praṇamya śhirasā devaṁ kṛitāñjalir abhāṣhata

📖 Meaning

Then, Arjuna, filled with wonder and his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the God and spoke with palms joined.

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ದೇವಾಂಸ್ತವ ದೇವ ದೇಹೇ ಸರ್ವಾಂಸ್ತಥಾ ಭೂತವಿಶೇಷಸಙ್ಘಾನ್। ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣಮೀಶಂ ಕಮಲಾಸನಸ್ಥ ಮೃಷೀಂಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವಾನುರಗಾಂಶ್ಚ ದಿವ್ಯಾನ್

arjuna uvācha paśhyāmi devāns tava deva dehe sarvāns tathā bhūta-viśheṣha-saṅghān brahmāṇam īśhaṁ kamalāsana-stham ṛiṣhīnśh cha sarvān uragānśh cha divyān

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O God, I see all the gods in Your body, as well as hosts of various classes of beings, Brahma the Lord seated on the lotus, all the sages, and the celestial serpents."

ಅನೇಕಬಾಹೂದರವಕ್ತ್ರನೇತ್ರಂ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ಸರ್ವತೋಽನನ್ತರೂಪಮ್। ನಾನ್ತಂ ನ ಮಧ್ಯಂ ನ ಪುನಸ್ತವಾದಿಂ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪ

aneka-bāhūdara-vaktra-netraṁ paśhyāmi tvāṁ sarvato ’nanta-rūpam nāntaṁ na madhyaṁ na punas tavādiṁ paśhyāmi viśhveśhvara viśhva-rūpa

📖 Meaning

I see You with boundless form on every side, with many arms, stomachs, mouths, and eyes; neither the end nor the middle nor the beginning do I see, O Lord of the Universe, O Cosmic Form.

ಕಿರೀಟಿನಂ ಗದಿನಂ ಚಕ್ರಿಣಂ ಚ ತೇಜೋರಾಶಿಂ ಸರ್ವತೋದೀಪ್ತಿಮನ್ತಮ್। ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ದುರ್ನಿರೀಕ್ಷ್ಯಂ ಸಮನ್ತಾ ದ್ದೀಪ್ತಾನಲಾರ್ಕದ್ಯುತಿಮಪ್ರಮೇಯಮ್

kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ chakriṇaṁ cha tejo-rāśhiṁ sarvato dīptimantam paśhyāmi tvāṁ durnirīkṣhyaṁ samantād dīptānalārka-dyutim aprameyam

📖 Meaning

I see You with the diadem, club, and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very hard to look at, blazing all around like a burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

ತ್ವಮಕ್ಷರಂ ಪರಮಂ ವೇದಿತವ್ಯಂ ತ್ವಮಸ್ಯ ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ಯ ಪರಂ ನಿಧಾನಮ್। ತ್ವಮವ್ಯಯಃ ಶಾಶ್ವತಧರ್ಮಗೋಪ್ತಾ ಸನಾತನಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಪುರುಷೋ ಮತೋ ಮೇ

tvam akṣharaṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁ tvam asya viśhvasya paraṁ nidhānam tvam avyayaḥ śhāśhvata-dharma-goptā sanātanas tvaṁ puruṣho mato me

📖 Meaning

You are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy of being known. You are the great treasure-house of this universe; You are the imperishable protector of the eternal Dharma; You are the Primal Person, I believe.

ಅನಾದಿಮಧ್ಯಾನ್ತಮನನ್ತವೀರ್ಯ ಮನನ್ತಬಾಹುಂ ಶಶಿಸೂರ್ಯನೇತ್ರಮ್। ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ದೀಪ್ತಹುತಾಶವಕ್ತ್ರಮ್ ಸ್ವತೇಜಸಾ ವಿಶ್ವಮಿದಂ ತಪನ್ತಮ್

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् || 19||

📖 Meaning

I see You without beginning, middle, or end, infinite in power, with endless arms, the sun and moon as Your eyes, the burning fire Your mouth, heating the entire universe with Your radiance.

ದ್ಯಾವಾಪೃಥಿವ್ಯೋರಿದಮನ್ತರಂ ಹಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಂ ತ್ವಯೈಕೇನ ದಿಶಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವಾಃ। ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾಽದ್ಭುತಂ ರೂಪಮುಗ್ರಂ ತವೇದಂ ಲೋಕತ್ರಯಂ ಪ್ರವ್ಯಥಿತಂ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನ್

dyāv ā-pṛithivyor idam antaraṁ hi vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśhaśh cha sarvāḥ dṛiṣhṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedaṁ loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman

📖 Meaning

This space between the earth and the heavens, and all the quarters, is filled by You alone; having seen this, Your wonderful and terrible form, the three worlds are trembling with fear, O great-souled Being.

ಅಮೀ ಹಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ಸುರಸಙ್ಘಾಃ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ ಕೇಚಿದ್ಭೀತಾಃ ಪ್ರಾಞ್ಜಲಯೋ ಗೃಣನ್ತಿ। ಸ್ವಸ್ತೀತ್ಯುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಮಹರ್ಷಿಸಿದ್ಧಸಙ್ಘಾಃ ಸ್ತುವನ್ತಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ಸ್ತುತಿಭಿಃ ಪುಷ್ಕಲಾಭಿಃ

amī hi tvāṁ sura-saṅghā viśhanti kechid bhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛiṇanti svastīty uktvā maharṣhi-siddha-saṅghāḥ stuvanti tvāṁ stutibhiḥ puṣhkalābhiḥ

📖 Meaning

Verily, these hosts of gods enter into Thee; some extol Thee with joined palms in fear, saying, 'May it be well!' Bands of great sages and perfected ones praise Thee with complete hymns.

ರುದ್ರಾದಿತ್ಯಾ ವಸವೋ ಯೇ ಚ ಸಾಧ್ಯಾ ವಿಶ್ವೇಽಶ್ಿವನೌ ಮರುತಶ್ಚೋಷ್ಮಪಾಶ್ಚ। ಗನ್ಧರ್ವಯಕ್ಷಾಸುರಸಿದ್ಧಸಙ್ಘಾ ವೀಕ್ಷನ್ತೇ ತ್ವಾಂ ವಿಸ್ಮಿತಾಶ್ಚೈವ ಸರ್ವೇ

rudrādityā vasavo ye cha sādhyā viśhve ’śhvinau marutaśh choṣhmapāśh cha gandharva-yakṣhāsura-siddha-saṅghā vīkṣhante tvāṁ vismitāśh chaiva sarve

📖 Meaning

The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, the two Asvins, Maruts, the Manus, and the hosts of celestial singers, Yakshas, demons, and the perfected ones, all look upon Thee with great amazement.

ರೂಪಂ ಮಹತ್ತೇ ಬಹುವಕ್ತ್ರನೇತ್ರಂ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ಬಹುಬಾಹೂರುಪಾದಮ್। ಬಹೂದರಂ ಬಹುದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಾಕರಾಲಂ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಲೋಕಾಃ ಪ್ರವ್ಯಥಿತಾಸ್ತಥಾಽಹಮ್

rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-danṣhṭrā-karālaṁ dṛiṣhṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham

📖 Meaning

Having seen Your immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed one, with many arms, thighs, and feet, with many stomachs and fearsome with many teeth, the worlds are terrified, and so am I.

ನಭಃಸ್ಪೃಶಂ ದೀಪ್ತಮನೇಕವರ್ಣಂ ವ್ಯಾತ್ತಾನನಂ ದೀಪ್ತವಿಶಾಲನೇತ್ರಮ್। ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಹಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ಪ್ರವ್ಯಥಿತಾನ್ತರಾತ್ಮಾ ಧೃತಿಂ ನ ವಿನ್ದಾಮಿ ಶಮಂ ಚ ವಿಷ್ಣೋ

nabhaḥ-spṛiśhaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśhāla-netram dṛiṣhṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā dhṛitiṁ na vindāmi śhamaṁ cha viṣhṇo

📖 Meaning

On seeing Thee, touching the sky, shining in many colors, with mouths wide open, with large fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find neither courage nor peace, O Vishnu.

ದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಾಕರಾಲಾನಿ ಚ ತೇ ಮುಖಾನಿ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವೈವ ಕಾಲಾನಲಸನ್ನಿಭಾನಿ। ದಿಶೋ ನ ಜಾನೇ ನ ಲಭೇ ಚ ಶರ್ಮ ಪ್ರಸೀದ ದೇವೇಶ ಜಗನ್ನಿವಾಸ

danṣhṭrā-karālāni cha te mukhāni dṛiṣhṭvaiva kālānala-sannibhāni diśho na jāne na labhe cha śharma prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa

📖 Meaning

Having seen Thy mouths fearful with teeth blazing like the fires of cosmic dissolution, I know not the four quarters, nor do I find peace. Have mercy, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe.

ಅಮೀ ಚ ತ್ವಾಂ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಸ್ಯ ಪುತ್ರಾಃ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಹೈವಾವನಿಪಾಲಸಙ್ಘೈಃ। ಭೀಷ್ಮೋ ದ್ರೋಣಃ ಸೂತಪುತ್ರಸ್ತಥಾಽಸೌ ಸಹಾಸ್ಮದೀಯೈರಪಿ ಯೋಧಮುಖ್ಯೈಃ

amī cha tvāṁ dhṛitarāśhtrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvani-pāla-saṅghaiḥ bhīṣhmo droṇaḥ sūta-putras tathāsau sahāsmadīyair api yodha-mukhyaiḥ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśhanti danṣhṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kechid vilagnā daśhanāntareṣhu sandṛiśhyante chūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ

📖 Meaning

All the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with the hosts of kings of the earth, Bhishma, Drona, and Karna, as well as the chief among our warriors.

ವಕ್ತ್ರಾಣಿ ತೇ ತ್ವರಮಾಣಾ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ ದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಾಕರಾಲಾನಿ ಭಯಾನಕಾನಿ। ಕೇಚಿದ್ವಿಲಗ್ನಾ ದಶನಾನ್ತರೇಷು ಸಂದೃಶ್ಯನ್ತೇ ಚೂರ್ಣಿತೈರುತ್ತಮಾಙ್ಗೈಃ

vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ

📖 Meaning

Some hurry into Your mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found stuck in the gaps between the teeth, their heads crushed to powder.

ಯಥಾ ನದೀನಾಂ ಬಹವೋಽಮ್ಬುವೇಗಾಃ ಸಮುದ್ರಮೇವಾಭಿಮುಖಾಃ ದ್ರವನ್ತಿ। ತಥಾ ತವಾಮೀ ನರಲೋಕವೀರಾ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ ವಕ್ತ್ರಾಣ್ಯಭಿವಿಜ್ವಲನ್ತಿ

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo ’mbu-vegāḥ samudram evābhimukhā dravanti tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā viśhanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti

📖 Meaning

Verily, just as many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so too these heroes in the world of men enter Thy flaming mouths.

ಯಥಾ ಪ್ರದೀಪ್ತಂ ಜ್ವಲನಂ ಪತಙ್ಗಾ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ ನಾಶಾಯ ಸಮೃದ್ಧವೇಗಾಃ। ತಥೈವ ನಾಶಾಯ ವಿಶನ್ತಿ ಲೋಕಾ ಸ್ತವಾಪಿ ವಕ್ತ್ರಾಣಿ ಸಮೃದ್ಧವೇಗಾಃ

yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā viśhanti nāśhāya samṛiddha-vegāḥ tathaiva nāśhāya viśhanti lokās tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛiddha-vegāḥ

📖 Meaning

As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire, leading to their own destruction, so too these creatures hurry into Your mouths, leading to their own destruction.

ಲೇಲಿಹ್ಯಸೇ ಗ್ರಸಮಾನಃ ಸಮನ್ತಾ ಲ್ಲೋಕಾನ್ಸಮಗ್ರಾನ್ವದನೈರ್ಜ್ವಲದ್ಭಿಃ। ತೇಜೋಭಿರಾಪೂರ್ಯ ಜಗತ್ಸಮಗ್ರಂ ಭಾಸಸ್ತವೋಗ್ರಾಃ ಪ್ರತಪನ್ತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣೋ

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣhṇo

📖 Meaning

Thou lickest up, devouring all the worlds on every side with Thy flaming mouths. Thy fierce rays, filling the whole world with radiance, burn, O Vishnu!

ಆಖ್ಯಾಹಿ ಮೇ ಕೋ ಭವಾನುಗ್ರರೂಪೋ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ದೇವವರ ಪ್ರಸೀದ। ವಿಜ್ಞಾತುಮಿಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ಭವನ್ತಮಾದ್ಯಂ ನ ಹಿ ಪ್ರಜಾನಾಮಿ ತವ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಮ್

ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo namo ’stu te deva-vara prasīda vijñātum ichchhāmi bhavantam ādyaṁ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛittim

📖 Meaning

Tell me, who you are, so fierce of form. I offer my salutations to you, O God Supreme; have mercy on me. I desire to know you, the original Being. I do not indeed know your workings.

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಕಾಲೋಽಸ್ಮಿ ಲೋಕಕ್ಷಯಕೃತ್ಪ್ರವೃದ್ಧೋ ಲೋಕಾನ್ಸಮಾಹರ್ತುಮಿಹ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಃ। ಋತೇಽಪಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ನ ಭವಿಷ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಸರ್ವೇ ಯೇಽವಸ್ಥಿತಾಃ ಪ್ರತ್ಯನೀಕೇಷು ಯೋಧಾಃ

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kālo ’smi loka-kṣhaya-kṛit pravṛiddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛittaḥ ṛite ’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣhyanti sarve ye ’vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣhu yodhāḥ

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said, "I am the full-grown, world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without you, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies will live."

ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ತ್ವಮುತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ ಯಶೋ ಲಭಸ್ವ ಜಿತ್ವಾ ಶತ್ರೂನ್ ಭುಙ್ಕ್ಷ್ವ ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ಸಮೃದ್ಧಮ್। ಮಯೈವೈತೇ ನಿಹತಾಃ ಪೂರ್ವಮೇವ ನಿಮಿತ್ತಮಾತ್ರಂ ಭವ ಸವ್ಯಸಾಚಿನ್

tasmāt tvam uttiṣhṭha yaśho labhasva jitvā śhatrūn bhuṅkṣhva rājyaṁ samṛiddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sāchin

📖 Meaning

Therefore, stand up and obtain fame. Conquer the enemies and enjoy the unparalleled kingdom. Verily, by Me they have already been slain; be thou a mere instrument, O Arjuna.

ದ್ರೋಣಂ ಚ ಭೀಷ್ಮಂ ಚ ಜಯದ್ರಥಂ ಚ ಕರ್ಣಂ ತಥಾಽನ್ಯಾನಪಿ ಯೋಧವೀರಾನ್। ಮಯಾ ಹತಾಂಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಜಹಿ ಮಾ ವ್ಯಥಿಷ್ಠಾ ಯುಧ್ಯಸ್ವ ಜೇತಾಸಿ ರಣೇ ಸಪತ್ನಾನ್

droṇaṁ cha bhīṣhmaṁ cha jayadrathaṁ cha karṇaṁ tathānyān api yodha-vīrān mayā hatāṁs tvaṁ jahi mā vyathiṣhṭhā yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān

📖 Meaning

Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and other brave warriors have already been slain by Me; do not be distressed with fear; fight and you shall conquer your enemies in battle.

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಏತಚ್ಛ್ರುತ್ವಾ ವಚನಂ ಕೇಶವಸ್ಯ ಕೃತಾಞ್ಜಲಿರ್ವೇಪಮಾನಃ ಕಿರೀಟೀ। ನಮಸ್ಕೃತ್ವಾ ಭೂಯ ಏವಾಹ ಕೃಷ್ಣಂ ಸಗದ್ಗದಂ ಭೀತಭೀತಃ ಪ್ರಣಮ್ಯ

sañjaya uvācha etach chhrutvā vachanaṁ keśhavasya kṛitāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī namaskṛitvā bhūya evāha kṛiṣhṇaṁ sa-gadgadaṁ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Having heard that speech of Lord Krishna, Arjuna, with joined palms, trembling, prostrated himself, again addressing Krishna in a choked voice, bowing down, overwhelmed with fear.

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಸ್ಥಾನೇ ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶ ತವ ಪ್ರಕೀರ್ತ್ಯಾ ಜಗತ್ ಪ್ರಹೃಷ್ಯತ್ಯನುರಜ್ಯತೇ ಚ। ರಕ್ಷಾಂಸಿ ಭೀತಾನಿ ದಿಶೋ ದ್ರವನ್ತಿ ಸರ್ವೇ ನಮಸ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಚ ಸಿದ್ಧಸಙ್ಘಾಃ

arjuna uvācha sthāne hṛiṣhīkeśha tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛiṣhyaty anurajyate cha rakṣhānsi bhītāni diśho dravanti sarve namasyanti cha siddha-saṅghāḥ

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "It is fitting, O Krishna, that the world delights and rejoices in Your praise; demons fly in fear in all directions and the hosts of the perfected ones bow to You."

ಕಸ್ಮಾಚ್ಚ ತೇ ನ ನಮೇರನ್ಮಹಾತ್ಮನ್ ಗರೀಯಸೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೋಽಪ್ಯಾದಿಕರ್ತ್ರೇ। ಅನನ್ತ ದೇವೇಶ ಜಗನ್ನಿವಾಸ ತ್ವಮಕ್ಷರಂ ಸದಸತ್ತತ್ಪರಂ ಯತ್

kasmāch cha te na nameran mahātman garīyase brahmaṇo ’py ādi-kartre ananta deveśha jagan-nivāsa tvam akṣharaṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat

📖 Meaning

And why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O Abode of the universe; Thou art the imperishable, the Being, the non-being, and That which is supreme—that which is beyond the Being and the non-being.

ತ್ವಮಾದಿದೇವಃ ಪುರುಷಃ ಪುರಾಣ ಸ್ತ್ವಮಸ್ಯ ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ಯ ಪರಂ ನಿಧಾನಮ್। ವೇತ್ತಾಸಿ ವೇದ್ಯಂ ಚ ಪರಂ ಚ ಧಾಮ ತ್ವಯಾ ತತಂ ವಿಶ್ವಮನನ್ತರೂಪ

tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇas tvam asya viśhvasya paraṁ nidhānam vettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāma tvayā tataṁ viśhvam ananta-rūpa

📖 Meaning

You are the primal God, the ancient Purusha, the supreme refuge of this universe, the knower, the knowable, and the supreme Abode. Through You, the universe is pervaded, O Being of infinite forms.

ವಾಯುರ್ಯಮೋಽಗ್ನಿರ್ವರುಣಃ ಶಶಾಙ್ಕಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಪ್ರಪಿತಾಮಹಶ್ಚ। ನಮೋ ನಮಸ್ತೇಽಸ್ತು ಸಹಸ್ರಕೃತ್ವಃ ಪುನಶ್ಚ ಭೂಯೋಽಪಿ ನಮೋ ನಮಸ್ತೇ

vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śhaśhāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaśh cha namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛitvaḥ punaśh cha bhūyo ’pi namo namas te

📖 Meaning

You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, the Creator, and the great-grandfather. I offer my salutations to You a thousand times, and again I offer my salutations to You.

ನಮಃ ಪುರಸ್ತಾದಥ ಪೃಷ್ಠತಸ್ತೇ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ ಸರ್ವತ ಏವ ಸರ್ವ। ಅನನ್ತವೀರ್ಯಾಮಿತವಿಕ್ರಮಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಸರ್ವಂ ಸಮಾಪ್ನೋಷಿ ತತೋಽಸಿ ಸರ್ವಃ

namaḥ purastād atha pṛiṣhṭhatas te namo ’stu te sarvata eva sarva ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣhi tato ’si sarvaḥ

📖 Meaning

Salutations to You in front and behind! Salutations to You on every side! O All! You, infinite in power and prowess, pervade all; therefore You are all.

ಸಖೇತಿ ಮತ್ವಾ ಪ್ರಸಭಂ ಯದುಕ್ತಂ ಹೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಹೇ ಯಾದವ ಹೇ ಸಖೇತಿ। ಅಜಾನತಾ ಮಹಿಮಾನಂ ತವೇದಂ ಮಯಾ ಪ್ರಮಾದಾತ್ಪ್ರಣಯೇನ ವಾಪಿ

sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yad uktaṁ he kṛiṣhṇa he yādava he sakheti ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ mayā pramādāt praṇayena vāpi

📖 Meaning

Whatever I have presumptuously said from carelessness or love, addressing You as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend! regarding You merely as a friend, unknowing of Your greatness.

ಯಚ್ಚಾವಹಾಸಾರ್ಥಮಸತ್ಕೃತೋಽಸಿ ವಿಹಾರಶಯ್ಯಾಸನಭೋಜನೇಷು। ಏಕೋಽಥವಾಪ್ಯಚ್ಯುತ ತತ್ಸಮಕ್ಷಂ ತತ್ಕ್ಷಾಮಯೇ ತ್ವಾಮಹಮಪ್ರಮೇಯಮ್

yach chāvahāsārtham asat-kṛito ’si vihāra-śhayyāsana-bhojaneṣhu eko ’tha vāpy achyuta tat-samakṣhaṁ tat kṣhāmaye tvām aham aprameyam

📖 Meaning

In whatever way I may have insulted You for the sake of fun, while at play, reposing, sitting, or at meals, when alone (with You), O Krishna, or in company, that I implore You, immeasurable one, to forgive.

ಪಿತಾಸಿ ಲೋಕಸ್ಯ ಚರಾಚರಸ್ಯ ತ್ವಮಸ್ಯ ಪೂಜ್ಯಶ್ಚ ಗುರುರ್ಗರೀಯಾನ್। ನ ತ್ವತ್ಸಮೋಽಸ್ತ್ಯಭ್ಯಧಿಕಃ ಕುತೋಽನ್ಯೋ ಲೋಕತ್ರಯೇಽಪ್ಯಪ್ರತಿಮಪ್ರಭಾವ

pitāsi lokasya charācharasya tvam asya pūjyaśh cha gurur garīyān na tvat-samo ’sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto ’nyo loka-traye ’py apratima-prabhāva

📖 Meaning

Thou art the Father of this world, both moving and unmoving. Thou art to be adored by this world; Thou, the greatest Guru; for none exists who is equal to Thee; how then could there be another superior to Thee in the three worlds, O Being of unrivaled power?

ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಪ್ರಣಮ್ಯ ಪ್ರಣಿಧಾಯ ಕಾಯಂ ಪ್ರಸಾದಯೇ ತ್ವಾಮಹಮೀಶಮೀಡ್ಯಮ್। ಪಿತೇವ ಪುತ್ರಸ್ಯ ಸಖೇವ ಸಖ್ಯುಃ ಪ್ರಿಯಃ ಪ್ರಿಯಾಯಾರ್ಹಸಿ ದೇವ ಸೋಢುಮ್

tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ prasādaye tvām aham īśham īḍyam piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum

📖 Meaning

Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body, I crave Thy forgiveness, O adorable Lord. As a father forgives his son, a friend his dear friend, a lover his beloved, even so may Thou forgive me, O God.

ಅದೃಷ್ಟಪೂರ್ವಂ ಹೃಷಿತೋಽಸ್ಮಿ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಭಯೇನ ಚ ಪ್ರವ್ಯಥಿತಂ ಮನೋ ಮೇ। ತದೇವ ಮೇ ದರ್ಶಯ ದೇವ ರೂಪಂ ಪ್ರಸೀದ ದೇವೇಶ ಜಗನ್ನಿವಾಸ

adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛiṣhito ’smi dṛiṣhṭvā bhayena cha pravyathitaṁ mano me tad eva me darśhaya deva rūpaṁ prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa

📖 Meaning

I am delighted, having seen something never seen before; yet my mind is distressed with fear. Show me that form only, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode of the universe.

ಕಿರೀಟಿನಂ ಗದಿನಂ ಚಕ್ರಹಸ್ತ ಮಿಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ತ್ವಾಂ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಹಂ ತಥೈವ। ತೇನೈವ ರೂಪೇಣ ಚತುರ್ಭುಜೇನ ಸಹಸ್ರಬಾಹೋ ಭವ ವಿಶ್ವಮೂರ್ತೇ

kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ chakra-hastam ichchhāmi tvāṁ draṣhṭum ahaṁ tathaiva tenaiva rūpeṇa chatur-bhujena sahasra-bāho bhava viśhva-mūrte

📖 Meaning

I desire to see You as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Your former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic Being.

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಮಯಾ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನೇನ ತವಾರ್ಜುನೇದಂ ರೂಪಂ ಪರಂ ದರ್ಶಿತಮಾತ್ಮಯೋಗಾತ್। ತೇಜೋಮಯಂ ವಿಶ್ವಮನನ್ತಮಾದ್ಯಂ ಯನ್ಮೇ ತ್ವದನ್ಯೇನ ನ ದೃಷ್ಟಪೂರ್ವಮ್

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṁ rūpaṁ paraṁ darśhitam ātma-yogāt tejo-mayaṁ viśhvam anantam ādyaṁ yan me tvad anyena na dṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, this Cosmic Form has graciously been shown to you by Me through My own Yogic power. It is full of splendour, primeval, and infinite; this Cosmic Form of Mine has never been seen before by anyone other than you."

ನ ವೇದಯಜ್ಞಾಧ್ಯಯನೈರ್ನ ದಾನೈ ರ್ನ ಚ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಭಿರ್ನ ತಪೋಭಿರುಗ್ರೈಃ। ಏವಂರೂಪಃ ಶಕ್ಯ ಅಹಂ ನೃಲೋಕೇ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಂ ತ್ವದನ್ಯೇನ ಕುರುಪ್ರವೀರ

na veda-yajñādhyayanair na dānair na cha kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥ evaṁ-rūpaḥ śhakya ahaṁ nṛi-loke draṣhṭuṁ tvad anyena kuru-pravīra

📖 Meaning

Neither by the study of the Vedas, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifices, nor by severe austerities, can I be seen in this form in the world of men by any other than yourself, O great hero of the Kurus (Arjuna).

ಮಾ ತೇ ವ್ಯಥಾ ಮಾ ಚ ವಿಮೂಢಭಾವೋ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ರೂಪಂ ಘೋರಮೀದೃಙ್ಮಮೇದಮ್। ವ್ಯಪೇತಭೀಃ ಪ್ರೀತಮನಾಃ ಪುನಸ್ತ್ವಂ ತದೇವ ಮೇ ರೂಪಮಿದಂ ಪ್ರಪಶ್ಯ

mā te vyathā mā cha vimūḍha-bhāvo dṛiṣhṭvā rūpaṁ ghoram īdṛiṅ mamedam vyapeta-bhīḥ prīta-manāḥ punas tvaṁ tad eva me rūpam idaṁ prapaśhya

📖 Meaning

Do not be afraid, nor be bewildered on seeing such a terrible form of Mine; with your fear dispelled and with a gladdened heart, now behold again this former form of Mine.

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಇತ್ಯರ್ಜುನಂ ವಾಸುದೇವಸ್ತಥೋಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸ್ವಕಂ ರೂಪಂ ದರ್ಶಯಾಮಾಸ ಭೂಯಃ। ಆಶ್ವಾಸಯಾಮಾಸ ಚ ಭೀತಮೇನಂ ಭೂತ್ವಾ ಪುನಃ ಸೌಮ್ಯವಪುರ್ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾ

sañjaya uvācha ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśhayām āsa bhūyaḥ āśhvāsayām āsa cha bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Krishna again showed His own form. The great Soul, assuming His gentle form, then consoled Arjuna, who was terrified.

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವೇದಂ ಮಾನುಷಂ ರೂಪಂ ತವಸೌಮ್ಯಂ ಜನಾರ್ದನ। ಇದಾನೀಮಸ್ಮಿ ಸಂವೃತ್ತಃ ಸಚೇತಾಃ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಗತಃ

arjuna uvācha dṛiṣhṭvedaṁ mānuṣhaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana idānīm asmi saṁvṛittaḥ sa-chetāḥ prakṛitiṁ gataḥ

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and have been restored to my own nature."

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಸುದುರ್ದರ್ಶಮಿದಂ ರೂಪಂ ದೃಷ್ಟವಾನಸಿ ಯನ್ಮಮ। ದೇವಾ ಅಪ್ಯಸ್ಯ ರೂಪಸ್ಯ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ದರ್ಶನಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷಿಣಃ

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha su-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mama devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said, "It is very hard indeed to see this form of Mine which thou hast seen; even the gods are ever longing to behold it."

ನಾಹಂ ವೇದೈರ್ನ ತಪಸಾ ನ ದಾನೇನ ನ ಚೇಜ್ಯಯಾ। ಶಕ್ಯ ಏವಂವಿಧೋ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಂ ದೃಷ್ಟವಾನಸಿ ಮಾಂ ಯಥಾ

nāhaṁ vedair na tapasā na dānena na chejyayā śhakya evaṁ-vidho draṣhṭuṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi māṁ yathā

📖 Meaning

Neither by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gift, nor by sacrifice can I be seen in this form as thou hast seen Me so easily.

ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ತ್ವನನ್ಯಯಾ ಶಕ್ಯಮಹಮೇವಂವಿಧೋಽರ್ಜುನ। ಜ್ಞಾತುಂ ದೃಷ್ಟುಂ ಚ ತತ್ತ್ವೇನ ಪ್ರವೇಷ್ಟುಂ ಚ ಪರಂತಪ

bhaktyā tv ananyayā śhakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjuna jñātuṁ draṣhṭuṁ cha tattvena praveṣhṭuṁ cha parantapa

📖 Meaning

But by single-minded devotion, I can be known, seen, and entered into in reality, O Arjuna.

ಮತ್ಕರ್ಮಕೃನ್ಮತ್ಪರಮೋ ಮದ್ಭಕ್ತಃ ಸಙ್ಗವರ್ಜಿತಃ। ನಿರ್ವೈರಃ ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಷು ಯಃ ಸ ಮಾಮೇತಿ ಪಾಣ್ಡವ

mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava

📖 Meaning

He who does all actions for Me, who regards Me as the Supreme, who is devoted to Me, who is free from attachment, who bears no enmity towards any creature, he comes to Me, O Arjuna.