Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

1 BG 11.1 अर्जुन उवाच | मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् | यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ||११-१|| Arjuna said: The supreme secret concerning the self that you have spoken for my benefit has removed my confusion. 2 BG 11.2 भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया | त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ||११-२|| Lotus-eyed one, I have heard from you in detail about the arising and passing away of beings, and also about your inexhaustible greatness. 3 BG 11.3 एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३|| Supreme lord, you are as you have described yourself. Supreme person, I wish to see your sovereign divine form. 4 BG 11.4 मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो | योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ||११-४|| If you think I am able to see it, Lord, then, master of yoga, reveal your unchanging self to me. 5 BG 11.5 श्रीभगवानुवाच | पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः | नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||११-५|| The Lord said: Partha, behold my forms in their hundreds and thousands: divine, varied, and of many colors and shapes. 6 BG 11.6 पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा | बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ||११-६|| See the Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, the two Ashvins, and the Maruts, Bharata. See many wonders never seen before. 7 BG 11.7 इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् | मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ||११-७|| Here in my body, Gudakesha, see today the entire moving and unmoving world gathered in one place, and whatever else you wish to see. 8 BG 11.8 न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा | दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||११-८|| But you cannot see me with your ordinary eyes. I give you divine sight: behold my sovereign power of yoga. 9 BG 11.9 सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः | दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ||११-९|| Sanjaya said: O king, having spoken this way, Hari, the great master of yoga, revealed his supreme divine form to Partha. 10 BG 11.10 अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् | अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ||११-१०|| It had many mouths and eyes, many astonishing appearances, many divine ornaments, and many raised divine weapons. 11 BG 11.11 दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् | सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ||११-११|| It wore divine garlands and clothing and was anointed with divine fragrances: a god made entirely of wonders, infinite, facing every direction. 12 BG 11.12 दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता | यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||११-१२|| If the radiance of a thousand suns rose together in the sky, it might resemble the splendor of that great being. 13 BG 11.13 तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा | अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ||११-१३|| There, within the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw the entire world, divided in many ways, gathered together in one place. 14 BG 11.14 ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः | प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ||११-१४|| Overwhelmed by wonder, his hair standing on end, Dhananjaya bowed his head to the god and spoke with joined palms. 15 BG 11.15 अर्जुन उवाच | पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् | ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ||११-१५|| Arjuna said: O god, in your body I see all the gods and the many kinds of beings, Lord Brahma seated on the lotus, all the sages, and divine serpents. 16 BG 11.16 अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् | नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ||११-१६|| I see you everywhere, with countless arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes, endless in form. Lord of the universe, whose form is the universe, I see no end, middle, or beginning to you. 17 BG 11.17 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् | पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद् दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ||११-१७|| I see you crowned, bearing mace and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, immeasurable and difficult to gaze upon, blazing on every side like fire and sun. 18 BG 11.18 त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् | त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ||११-१८|| You are the supreme imperishable to be known, the highest resting place of this universe. You are the unchanging guardian of enduring duty; I regard you as the eternal person. 19 BG 11.19 अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य- मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् | पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ||११-१९|| I see you without beginning, middle, or end, with infinite strength and endless arms, sun and moon as your eyes, blazing fire as your mouth, heating this universe with your radiance. 20 BG 11.20 द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः | दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ||११-२०|| You alone fill the space between heaven and earth and every direction. Seeing this wondrous, fierce form of yours, the three worlds tremble, great one. 21 BG 11.21 अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति | स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ||११-२१|| Hosts of gods enter you; some, afraid, praise you with joined palms. Groups of great sages and perfected beings cry, 'May there be well-being,' and praise you with abundant hymns. 22 BG 11.22 रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च | गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ||११-२२|| Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Vishvadevas, the two Ashvins, Maruts, ancestors, gandharvas, yakshas, asuras, and perfected beings all gaze at you in wonder. 23 BG 11.23 रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् | बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ||११-२३|| Mighty-armed one, seeing your vast form with many mouths, eyes, arms, thighs, feet, and bellies, terrifying with its many fangs, the worlds tremble, and so do I. 24 BG 11.24 नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् | दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ||११-२४|| Seeing you touch the sky, blazing in many colors, with open mouths and enormous shining eyes, I am shaken within and find neither courage nor peace, Vishnu. 25 BG 11.25 दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि | दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-२५|| Seeing your mouths, frightening with fangs and resembling the fire at time's end, I lose my bearings and find no comfort. Be gracious, lord of gods, dwelling of the world. 26 BG 11.26 अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः | भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ||११-२६|| All these sons of Dhritarashtra, together with the assembled kings, Bhishma, Drona, that son of the charioteer, and our leading warriors— 27 BG 11.27 वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि | केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ||११-२७|| Rush into your terrible, fang-filled mouths. Some can be seen caught between your teeth, their heads crushed. 28 BG 11.28 यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति | तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ||११-२८|| As the many rushing currents of rivers flow toward the ocean, these heroes of the human world enter your blazing mouths. 29 BG 11.29 यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः | तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्- तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ||११-२९|| As moths rush at full speed into a burning flame to their destruction, these worlds rush into your mouths to their destruction. 30 BG 11.30 लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्- लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः | तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ||११-३०|| Devouring whole worlds on every side with your flaming mouths, you lick them up. Your fierce rays fill the entire universe and scorch it, Vishnu. 31 BG 11.31 आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद | विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ||११-३१|| Tell me who you are in this fierce form. I bow to you, best of gods; be gracious. I wish to know you, the primal one, for I do not understand your purpose. 32 BG 11.32 श्रीभगवानुवाच | कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः | ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ||११-३२|| The Lord said: I am Time, grown mighty, destroyer of worlds, here engaged in consuming these peoples. Even without you, none of the warriors standing in the opposing ranks will remain. 33 BG 11.33 तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् | मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ||११-३३|| Therefore rise, gain renown, conquer your enemies, and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They have already been slain by me; become only the instrument, archer skilled with either hand. 34 BG 11.34 द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च कर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान् | मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ||११-३४|| Kill Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and the other heroic warriors, already slain by me. Do not be distressed. Fight; you will conquer your opponents in battle. 35 BG 11.35 सञ्जय उवाच | एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी | नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ||११-३५|| Sanjaya said: Hearing Keshava's words, the crowned Arjuna trembled with joined palms. Bowing again, deeply afraid, he spoke to Krishna in a faltering voice. 36 BG 11.36 अर्जुन उवाच | स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च | रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ||११-३६|| Arjuna said: Hrishikesha, it is fitting that the world rejoices and takes delight in your praise, while frightened rakshasas flee in every direction and all perfected beings bow to you. 37 BG 11.37 कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे | अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ||११-३७|| Why should they not bow to you, great one, who are greater even than Brahma and are his primal source? Infinite lord of gods, dwelling of the world, you are the imperishable, being, nonbeing, and what is beyond both. 38 BG 11.38 त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्- त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् | वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ||११-३८|| You are the first god, the ancient person, the supreme resting place of this universe. You are the knower, what is to be known, and the highest dwelling; you pervade the universe, endless in form. 39 BG 11.39 वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च | नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ||११-३९|| You are wind, Yama, fire, Varuna, the moon, the lord of creatures, and the great-grandfather. A thousand times I bow to you, and again and again I bow. 40 BG 11.40 नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व | अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ||११-४०|| I bow before you and behind you; I bow to you on every side, you who are everything. Boundless in strength and immeasurable in power, you encompass everything and therefore are everything. 41 BG 11.41 सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति | अजानता महिमानं तवेदं मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ||११-४१|| Thinking of you as a friend, I spoke casually, saying, 'Krishna,' 'Yadava,' or 'my friend,' unaware of this greatness of yours, through carelessness or affection. 42 BG 11.42 यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु | एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ||११-४२|| If, in jest, I treated you disrespectfully while playing, resting, sitting, or eating, alone or before others, Achyuta, I ask forgiveness from you, the immeasurable. 43 BG 11.43 पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् | न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ||११-४३|| You are father of the moving and unmoving world, its revered teacher, greater than all. None equals you; how could anyone surpass you, whose power is unmatched in the three worlds? 44 BG 11.44 तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् | पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ||११-४४|| Therefore, bowing and laying my body before you, I seek the grace of you, the praiseworthy Lord. Bear with me as a father with a son, a friend with a friend, or a beloved with the beloved. 45 BG 11.45 अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे | तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-४५|| I rejoice at having seen what has never been seen before, yet my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that familiar form, O god; be gracious, lord of gods, dwelling of the world. 46 BG 11.46 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव | तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ||११-४६|| I wish to see you as before, crowned, with mace and discus in hand. O thousand-armed universal form, appear in that four-armed form. 47 BG 11.47 श्रीभगवानुवाच | मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् | तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ||११-४७|| The Lord said: Arjuna, pleased with you, I have shown you through my own yoga this supreme form—radiant, universal, infinite, and primal—which no one besides you has seen before. 48 BG 11.48 न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानैर्- न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः | एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ||११-४८|| Neither Vedic and sacrificial study, gifts, rites, nor severe austerities make it possible for anyone other than you to see me in this form in the human world, foremost Kuru hero. 49 BG 11.49 मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् | व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ||११-४९|| Do not be distressed or bewildered at seeing this terrible form of mine. Let fear depart and your mind be glad; behold that other form of mine again. 50 BG 11.50 सञ्जय उवाच | इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः | आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ||११-५०|| Sanjaya said: After speaking to Arjuna in this way, Vasudeva showed his own form again. Becoming gentle in appearance once more, the great one reassured the frightened Arjuna. 51 BG 11.51 अर्जुन उवाच | दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन | इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ||११-५१|| Arjuna said: Janardana, seeing this gentle human form of yours, I have now regained my composure and returned to my usual state. 52 BG 11.52 श्रीभगवानुवाच | सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम | देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ||११-५२|| The Lord said: This form of mine that you have seen is extremely difficult to behold. Even the gods continually long to see it. 53 BG 11.53 नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया | शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ||११-५३|| Neither through the Vedas, austerity, gifts, nor sacrifice can I be seen in the way you have seen me. 54 BG 11.54 भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन | ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ||११-५४|| But through undivided devotion I can be truly known, seen in this way, and entered into, Arjuna, scorcher of enemies. 55 BG 11.55 मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः | निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ||११-५५|| One who acts for me, makes me the highest aim, is devoted to me, abandons attachment, and bears no hostility toward any being comes to me, son of Pandu.