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Bhagavad Gita · 11.1 · Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God·1 of 55

अर्जुन उवाच मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम

arjuna uvācha mad-anugrahāya paramaṁ guhyam

adhyātma-sanjñitam yat tvayoktaṁ vachas tena moho ’yaṁ vigato mama

Sanskrit recitation

Show me your form · 11.1–11.8 · Scene

Translation

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.

Meaning

After hearing the glories of the Lord, Arjuna has an intense longing to have the wonderful vision of the Cosmic Form with his own eyes. His bewilderment and delusion have now vanished.Adhyatma That which treats of the discrimination between the Self and the notSelf metaphysics.I was worried about the sin involved in killing my relations and preceptors. I had the ideas, I am the agent in killing them they are to be killed by me.This delusion has vanished now after receiving Thy most profound and valuable instructions. Thou hast dispelled this delusion of ignorance from me.The vision of the Cosmic Form is not the ultimate goal. If that were so, the Gita would have ended with this chapter. The vision of the Cosmic Form is also one more in a series of graded experiences. It is a terrible experience too. That is the reason why Arjuna said to the Lord, stammering with fear What an awful form Thou hast I have seen that which none hath seen before. My heart is glad, yet faileth me on account of fear. Show me, O God, Thine other form again. O God of gods, support of all the worlds, let me see Thy form with the diadem, and with the mace and discus in Thy hands. Again I wish to see Thee as before assume Thy fourarmed form, O Lord of thousand arms and of forms innumerable.Arjuna heard the Lords statement, viz., Having pervaded this whole universe with one fragment of Myself, I remain

After Swami Sivananda

Show me your form· 11.1–11.8

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
yat
which
ayam
this
mama
my
tena
by that
uktam
spoken
guhyam
confidential
tvayā
by you
mohaḥ
illusion
paramam
supreme
vachaḥ
words
vigataḥ
is dispelled
mat-anugrahāya
out of compassion to me
arjunaḥ uvācha
Arjun said
adhyātma-sanjñitam
about spiritual knowledge

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