Bhagavad Gita · 11.7 · Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God·7 of 55
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
ihaika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ paśhyādya sa-charācharam
mama dehe guḍākeśha yach chānyad draṣhṭum ichchhasi
Sanskrit recitation
Show me your form · 11.1–11.8 · Scene
Translation
Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.
Meaning
Anyat Other whatever else. Your success or defeat in the war, about which you,have entertained a doubt. (Cf.II.6)
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.
- 11.1Arjuna 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.
- 11.2The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed Lord, and also Your inexhaustible greatness.
- 11.3Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.
- 11.4If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogis, show me Thy imperishable Self.
- 11.5The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."
- 11.6Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins, and the Maruts; behold many wonders never before seen, O Arjuna.
11.7Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the moving and the unmoving, and whatever else you desire to see.
- 11.8But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.
Word-by-word→
- sa
- with
- cha
- also
- iha
- here
- yat
- whatever
- adya
- now
- dehe
- in this form
- mama
- my
- anyat
- else
- chara
- the moving
- jagat
- the universe
- acharam
- the non- moving
- paśhya
- behold
- eka-stham
- assembled together
- ichchhasi
- you wish
- kṛitsnam
- entire
- draṣhṭum
- to see
- guḍākeśha
- Arjun, the conqueror of sleep
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