Bhagwad Gita - Post 130

Eleventh Discourse

THE YOGA OF THE VISION OF THE COSMIC FORM

(Continued...)

Verse 37

Kasmaachcha te na nameran mahaatman

Gareeyase brahmano’pyaadikartre;

Ananta devesha jagannivaasa

Twamaksharam sadasattatparam yat.

And why should they not, O great soul, bow to Thee who art greater (than all else), the primal cause even of (Brahma) the creator, 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 the supreme (that

which is beyond the Being and non-being).

Verse 38

Twamaadidevah purushah puraanas

Twamasya vishwasya param nidhaanam;

Vettaasi vedyam cha param cha dhaama

Twayaa tatam vishwamanantaroopa.

Thou art the primal God, the ancient Purusha, the supreme refuge of this universe, the knower, the knowable and the supreme abode. By Thee is the universe pervaded, O Being of infinite forms!

Verse 39

Vaayuryamo’gnirvarunah shashaankah

Prajaapatistwam prapitaamahashcha;

Namo namaste’stu sahasrakritwah

Punashcha bhooyo’pi namo namaste.

Thou art Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, the creator, and the great-grandfather. Salutations, salutations unto Thee, a thousand times, and again salutations, salutations unto Thee!

Verse 40

Namah purastaadatha prishthataste

Namo’stu te sarvata eva sarva;

Anantaveeryaamitavikramastwam

Sarvam samaapnoshi tato’si sarvah.

Salutations to Thee from front and from behind! Salutations to Thee on every side! O All! Thou infinite in power and prowess, pervadest all; wherefore Thou art all.

Verse 41

Sakheti matwaa prasabham yaduktam

He krishna he yaadava he sakheti;

Ajaanataa mahimaanam tavedam

Mayaa pramaadaat pranayena vaapi.

Whatever I have presumptuously uttered from love or carelessness, addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend! regarding Thee merely as a friend, unknowing of this, Thy greatness.

Verse 42

Yachchaavahaasaartham asatkrito’si

Vihaarashayyaasanabhojaneshu;

Eko’thavaapyachyuta tatsamaksham

Tatkshaamaye twaamaham aprameyam.

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

Verse 43

Pitaasi lokasya charaacharasya

Twamasya poojyashcha gururgareeyaan;

Na twatsamo’styabhyadhikah kuto’nyo

Lokatraye’pyapratimaprabhaava.

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

Verse 44

Tasmaatpranamya pranidhaaya kaayam

Prasaadaye twaamahameeshameedyam;

Piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuh

Priyah priyaayaarhasi deva sodhum.

Therefore, bowing down, 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 shouldst Thou forgive me, O God!

Verse 45

Adrishtapoorvam hrishito’smi drishtwaa

Bhayena cha pravyathitam mano me;

Tadeva me darshaya deva roopam

Praseeda devesha jagannivaasa.

I am delighted, having seen what has never been seen before; and yet my mind is distressed with fear. Show me that (previous) form only, O God! Have mercy, O God of gods! O abode of the universe!

Verse 46

Kireetinam gadinam chakrahastam

Icchaami twaam drashtumaham tathaiva;

Tenaiva roopena chaturbhujena

Sahasrabaaho bhava vishwamoorte.

I desire to see Thee as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Thy former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic Form (Being)!

Verse 47

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Mayaa prasannena tavaarjunedam

Roopam param darshitamaatmayogaat;

Tejomayam vishwamanantamaadyam

Yanme twadanyena na drishtapoorvam.

The Blessed Lord said:

OArjuna, this Cosmic Form has graciously been shown to thee by Me by My own Yogic power; full of splendour, primeval, and infinite, this Cosmic Form of Mine has never been seen before by anyone other than thyself.

Verse 48

Na vedayajnaadhyayanairna daanair

Na cha kriyaabhirna tapobhirugraih;

Evam roopah shakya aham nriloke

Drashtum twadanyena karupraveera.

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

Verse 49

Maa te vyathaa maa cha vimoodhabhaavo

Drishtwaa roopam ghorameedringmamedam;

Vyapetabheeh preetamanaah punastwam

Tadeva me roopamidam prapashya.

Be not afraid nor bewildered on seeing such a terrible form of Mine as this; with thy fear entirely dispelled and with a gladdened heart, now behold again this former form of Mine.

Verse 50

Sanjaya Uvaacha:

Ityarjunam vaasudevastathoktwaa

Swakam roopam darshayaamaasa bhooyah;

Aashwaasayaamaasa cha bheetamenam

Bhootwaa punah saumyavapurmahaatmaa.

Sanjaya said:

Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Krishna again showed His own form; and the great soul (Krishna), assuming His gentle form, consoled him who was terrified (Arjuna).

Verse 51

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Drishtwedam maanusham roopam

Tava saumyam janaardana;

Idaaneemasmi samvrittah

Sachetaah prakritim gatah.

Arjuna said:

Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and restored to my own nature!

Verse 52

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Sudurdarshamidam roopam

Drishtavaanasi yanmama;

Devaa apyasya roopasya

Nityam darshanakaangkshinah.

The Blessed Lord said:

Very hard indeed it is to see this form of Mine which thou hast seen. Even the gods are ever longing to behold it.

Verse 53

Naa ham vedairna tapasaa

Na daanena na chejyayaa;

Shakya evamvidho drashtum

Drishtavaanasi maam yathaa.

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).

Verse 54

Bhaktyaa twananyayaa shakyam

Aham evamvidho’rjuna;

Jnaatum drashtum cha tattwena

Praveshtum cha parantapa.

But by single-minded devotion can I, of this form, be known and seen in reality and also entered into, O Arjuna!

Verse 55

Matkarmakrinmatparamo

Madbhaktah sangavarjitah;

Nirvairah sarvabhooteshu yah

Sa maameti paandava.

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

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam

Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade

Vishwaroopa Darshanayogo Naama Ekaadasho’dhyaayah

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the eleventh discourse.

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Bhagwad Gita - Post 129

Eleventh Discourse

THE YOGA OF THE VISION OF THE COSMIC FORM

(Continued...)

Verse 19

Anaadimadhyaantamanantaveeryam

Anantabaahum shashisooryanetram;

Pashyaami twaam deeptahutaashavaktram

Swatejasaa vishwamidam tapantam.

I see Thee without beginning, middle or end, infinite in power, of endless arms, the sun and the moon being Thy eyes, the burning fire Thy mouth, heating the entire universe with Thy radiance.

Verse 20

Dyaavaaprithivyoridamantaram hi

Vyaaptam twayaikena dishashcha sarvaah;

Drishtwaa’dbhutam roopamugram tavedam

Lokatrayam pravyathitam mahaatman.

The space between the earth and the heaven and all the quarters are filled by Thee alone; having seen this, Thy wonderful and terrible form, the three worlds are trembling with fear, O great-souled Being!

Verse 21

Amee hi twaam surasanghaah vishanti

Kechid bheetaah praanjalayo grinanti;

Swasteetyuktwaa maharshisiddhasanghaah

Stuvanti twaam stutibhih pushkalaabhih.

Verily, into Thee enter these hosts of gods; some extol Thee in fear with joined palms: “May it be well.” Saying thus, bands of great sages and perfected ones praise Thee with complete hymns.

Verse 22

Rudraadityaa vasavo ye cha saadhyaa

Vishwe’shvinau marutashchoshmapaashcha;

Gandharvayakshaasurasiddhasanghaa

Veekshante twaam vismitaashchaiva sarve.

The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, the two Asvins, Maruts, the manes and hosts of celestial singers, Yakshas, demons and the perfected ones, are all looking at Thee in great astonishment.

Verse 23

Roopam mahat te bahuvaktranetram

Mahaabaaho bahubaahoorupaadam;

Bahoodaram bahudamshtraakaraalam

Drishtwaa lokaah pravyathitaastathaa’ham.

Having beheld Thy immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed, with many arms, thighs and feet, with many stomachs, and fearful with many teeth, the worlds are terrified and so am I!

Verse 24

Nabhahsprisham deeptamanekavarnam

Vyaattaananam deeptavishaalanetram;

Drishtwaa hi twaam pravyathitaantaraatmaa

Dhritim na vindaami shamam cha vishno.

On seeing Thee (the Cosmic Form) touching the sky, shining in many colours, with mouths wide open, with large, fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find neither courage nor peace, O Vishnu!

Verse 25

Damshtraakaraalaani cha te mukhaani

Drishtwaiva kaalaanalasannibhaani;

Disho na jaane na labhe cha sharma

Praseeda devesha jagannivaasa.

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!

Verse 26

Amee cha twaam dhritaraashtrasya putraah

Sarve sahaivaavanipaalasanghaih;

Bheeshmo dronah sootaputrastathaa’sau

Sahaasmadeeyairapi yodhamukhyaih.

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

Verse 27

Vaktraani te twaramaanaa vishanti

Damshtraakaraalaani bhayaanakaani;

Kechidwilagnaa dashanaantareshu

Sandrishyante choornitairuttamaangaih.

They hurriedly enter into Thy mouths with terrible teeth and fearful to behold. Some are found sticking in the gaps between the teeth, with their heads crushed to powder.

Verse 28

Yathaa nadeenaam bahavo’mbuvegaah

Samudramevaabhimukhaah dravanti;

Tathaa tavaamee naralokaveeraah

Vishanti vaktraanyabhivijwalanti.

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

Verse 29

Yathaa pradeeptam jwalanam patangaa

Vishanti naashaaya samriddhavegaah;

Tathaiva naashaaya vishanti lokaas

Tavaapi vaktraani samriddhavegaah.

As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire for (their own) destruction, so also these creatures hurriedly rush into Thy mouths for (their own) destruction.

Verse 30

Lelihyase grasamaanah samantaal

Lokaan samagraan vadanair jwaladbhih;

Tejobhiraapoorya jagatsamagram

Bhaasastavograah pratapanti vishno.

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

Verse 31

Aakhyaahi me ko bhavaanugraroopo

Namo’stu te devavara praseeda;

Vijnaatumicchaami bhavantamaadyam

Na hi prajaanaami tava pravrittim.

Tell me, who Thou art, so fierce in form. Salutations to Thee, O God Supreme! Have mercy; I desire to know Thee, the original Being. I know not indeed Thy doing.

Verse 32

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Kaalo’smi lokakshayakrit pravriddho

Lokaan samaahartumiha pravrittah;

Rite’pi twaam na bhavishyanti sarve

Ye’wasthitaah pratyaneekeshu yodhaah.

The Blessed Lord said:

I am the mighty world-destroying Time, now engaged in destroying the worlds. Even without thee, none of the warriors arrayed in the hostile armies shall live.

Verse 33

Tasmaat twam uttishtha yasho labhaswa

Jitwaa shatroon bhungkshwa raajyam samriddham;

Mayaivaite nihataah poorvameva

Nimittamaatram bhava savyasaachin.

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

Verse 34

Dronam cha bheeshmam cha jayadratham cha

Karnam tathaa’nyaanapi yodhaveeraan;

Mayaa hataamstwam jahi maa vyathishthaa

Yudhyaswa jetaasi rane sapatnaan.

Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and all the other courageous warriors — these have already been slain by Me; do thou kill; be not distressed with fear; fight and thou shalt conquer thy enemies in battle.

Verse 35

Sanjaya Uvaacha:

Etacchrutwaa vachanam keshavasya

Kritaanjalirvepamaanah kireetee;

Namaskritwaa bhooya evaaha krishnam

Sagadgadam bheetabheetah pranamya.

Sanjaya said:

Having heard that speech of Lord Krishna, the crowned one (Arjuna), with joined palms, trembling, prostrating himself, again addressed Krishna, in a choked voice, bowing down, overwhelmed with fear.

Verse 36

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Sthaane hrisheekesha tava prakeertyaa

Jagat prahrishyatyanurajyate cha;

Rakshaamsi bheetaani disho dravanti

Sarve namasyanti cha siddhasanghaah.

Arjuna said:

It is meet, O Krishna, that the world delights and rejoices in Thy praise; demons fly in fear to all quarters and the hosts of the perfected ones bow to Thee!

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Bhagwad Gita - Post 128

Eleventh Discourse

THE YOGA OF THE VISION OF THE COSMIC FORM

Verse 1

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Madanugrahaaya paramam

Guhyamadhyaatmasamjnitam;

Yattwayoktam vachastena

Moho’yam vigato mama.

Arjuna said:

By this explanation of the highest secret concerning the Self, which Thou hast spoken out of compassion towards me my delusion is gone.

Verse 2

Bhavaapyayau hi bhootaanaam

Shrutau vistarasho mayaa;

Twattah kamalapatraaksha

Maahaatmyamapi chaavyayam.

The origin and the destruction of beings verily have been heard by me in detail from Thee, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Thy inexhaustible greatness!

Verse 3

Evametadyathaattha

Twamaatmaanam parameshwara;

Drashtumicchaami te roopam

Aishwaram purushottama.

(Now), O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to see Thy Divine Form!

Verse 4

Manyase yadi tacchakyam

Mayaa drashtumiti prabho;

Yogeshwara tato me twam Darshayaatmaanamavyayam.

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!

Verse 5

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Pashya me paartha roopaani

Shatasho’tha sahasrashah;

Naanaavidhaani divyaani

Naanaavarnaakriteeni cha.

The Blessed Lord said:

Behold, O Arjuna, My forms by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine and of various colours and shapes!

Verse 6

Pashyaadityaan vasoon rudraan

Ashwinau marutastathaa;

Bahoonyadrishtapoorvaani

Pashyaashcharyaani bhaarata.

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

Verse 7

Ihaikastham jagatkritsnam

Pashyaadya sacharaacharam;

Mama dehe gudaakesha

Yachchaanyad drashtumicchasi.

Now behold, O Arjuna, in this, My body, the whole universe centered in the one — including the moving and the unmoving—and whatever else thou desirest to see!

Verse 8

Na tu maam shakyase drashtum

Anenaiva swachakshushaa;

Divyam dadaami te chakshuh

Pashya me yogamaishwaram.

But thou art not able to behold Me with these, thine own eyes; I give thee the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

Verse 9

Sanjaya Uvaacha:

Evamuktwaa tato raajan

Mahaayogeshwaro harih;

Darshayaamaasa paarthaaya

Paramam roopamaishwaram.

Sanjaya said:

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

Verse 10

Anekavaktra nayanam

Anekaadbhuta darshanam;

Anekadivyaabharanam

Divyaanekodyataayudham.

With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wonderful sights, with numerous divine ornaments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted (such a form He showed).

Verse 11

Divyamaalyaambaradharam Divyagandhaanulepanam;

Sarvaashcharyamayam devam

Anantam vishwatomukham.

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

Verse 12

Divi sooryasahasrasya

Bhavedyugapadutthitaa;

Yadi bhaah sadrishee saa

Syaadbhaasastasya mahaatmanah.

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out at once (simultaneously) in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty Being (great soul).

Verse 13

Tatraikastham jagatkritsnam

Pravibhaktamanekadhaa;

Apashyaddevadevasya

Shareere paandavastadaa.

There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the whole universe resting in the one, with its many groups.

Verse 14

Tatah sa vismayaavishto

Hrishtaromaa dhananjayah;

Pranamya shirasaa devam

Kritaanjalirabhaashata.

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

Verse 15

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Pashyaami devaamstava deva dehe

Sarvaamstathaa bhootavisheshasanghaan;

Brahmaanameesham kamalaasanastha-

Mrisheemshcha sarvaanuragaamshcha divyaan.

Arjuna said:

I behold all the gods, O God, in Thy body, and hosts of various classes of beings; Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus, all the sages and the celestial serpents!

Verse 16

Anekabaahoodaravaktranetram

Pashyaami twaam sarvato’nantaroopam;

Naantam na madhyam na punastavaadim

Pashyaami vishweshwara vishwaroopa.

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

Verse 17

Kireetinam gadinam chakrinam cha,

Tejoraashim sarvato deeptimantam;

Pashyaami twaam durnireekshyam samantaad

Deeptaanalaarkadyutimaprameyam.

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

Verse 18

Twamaksharam paramam veditavyam

Twamasya vishwasya param nidhaanam;

Twamavyayah shaashwatadharmagoptaa

Sanaatanastwam purusho mato me.

Thou art the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy of being known; Thou art the great treasure-house of this universe; Thou art the imperishable protector of the eternal Dharma; Thou art the ancient Person, I deem.

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