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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 5

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

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||

Translation

11.5 The Lord said Behold My forms, O Arjuna, hundreds upon thousands, manifold, divine, varied in hue and shape.

Meaning

Divyani Divine supernatural. Satasah. Sahasrasah By the hundreds and thousands -- countless. O Arjuna. I want you to behold the Cosmic Form. All beings and entities are there. The fat and the lean the short and the tall the red and the black the active and the passive the rich and the poor the intelligent and the dull the healthy and the sick the noisy and the silent those that are awake those that are asleep the beautiful and the ugly and all grades of beings with their distinctive marks are all there. The blueness of the sky the yellowness of the silk the redness of the twilight the blackness of the coal the whiteness of the snow and the greenness of the leaves will be seen by you. You will also behold the objects of various shapes.

Word by word

पश्य behold मे My पार्थ O Partha रूपाणि forms शतशः by hundreds अथ and सहस्रशः by thousands नानाविधानि of different sorts दिव्यानि divine नानावर्णाकृतीनि of various colours and shapes च and.