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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 46

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

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||

In plain words

Arjuna says O Lord in the Cosmic Form I do not know where to turn and to whom to address myself. I am frightened. I am longing to see Thee with conch discus mace and lotus.

Translation

11.46 I wish to see You ever as before, with crown and with mace and discus in hand. Assume again that four-armed shape, O Thou the thosand armed, of Universal Form!

Meaning

Arjuna says O Lord in the Cosmic Form I do not know where to turn and to whom to address myself. I am frightened. I am longing to see Thee with conch discus mace and lotus. Withdraw Thy Cosmic Form. Assume that same fourarmed form as before. Spiritual aspirants are ofen impatient to have the highest spiritual experiences immediately they begin their Sadhana. This is wrong. They will not be able to withstand the great power that will,surge into them. Be patientO thousandarmed refers to the Cosmic Form.

Word by word

किरीटिनम् wearing crown गदिनम् bearing a mace चक्रहस्तम् with a discus in the hand इच्छामि (I) desire त्वाम् Thee द्रष्टुम् to see अहम् I तथैव as before तेनैव that same रूपेण of form चतुर्भुजेन (by) fourarmed सहस्रबाहो O thousandarmed भव be विश्वमूर्ते O Universal Form.