🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.22
Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 22 of 55
🪷 English Translations
Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.
Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
11.22 The Vital Forces, the Major stars, Fire, Earth, Air, Sky, Sun, Heaven, Moon and Planets; the Angels, the Guardians of the Universe, the divine Healers, the Winds, the Fathers, the Heavenly Singers; and hosts of Mammon-worshippers, demons as well as saints, are amazed.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
11.22 The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, the two Asvins, Maruts, the manes and the hosts of celestial singers, Yakshas, demons and the perfected ones, are all looking at Thee, in great amazement.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
11.22 Ye, those who are; the rudra-adityah, Rudras and Adityas; vasavah, the Vasus; and sadhyah, the Sadhyas-the groups of Rudras and other gods; the gods visve, Visve-devas; and asvinau, the two Asvins; marutah, the Maruts; and usmapah, the Usmapas, (a class of) manes; and gandharva-yaksa-asura-siddha-sanghah, hosts of Gandharvas-viz Haha, Huhu and others-, Yaksas-viz Kubera and others-, demons-Virocana and others-, and Siddhas-Kapila and others; sarve eva, all of those very ones; viksante, gaze; tva, (i.e.) tvam, at You; vismitah eva, being indeed struck with wonder.
For,
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
11.22 Usmapa means manes, because the Sruti declares: 'Verily the manes receive the hot portions of the offerings' (Tai. Br., 1.3.10). All these, struck with amazement, behold You.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
11.22. The Rudras, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Visvas (Visvadevas), the twin Asvins and the Maruts, and the Steam-drinkers (Manes) and the hosts of the Gandharvas, the Yoksas, the demons and the perfected ones - all gaze on You and are ite amazed.
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.
Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
11.22 रुद्रादित्याः Rudras and Adityas? वसवः Vasus? ये these? च and? साध्याः Sadhyas? विश्वे Visvedevas? अश्िवनौ the two Asvins? मरुतः Maruts? च and? उष्मपाः Pitris? च and? गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घाः hosts of Gandharvas? Yakshas? Asuras and Siddhas? वीक्षन्ते are looking at? त्वाम् Thee? विस्मिताः astonished? च and? एव even? सर्वे all.Commentary Sadhyas are a class of gods of whom Brahma is the chief.Visvedevas are ten gods who in Vedic times were considered as protectors of human beings. They were called guardians of the world. They were givers of plenty to the human beings. Their names are Krata? Daksha? Vasu? Satya? Kama? Kala? Dhvani? Rochaka? Adrava and Pururava.The two Asvins? born of Prabha (light)? daughter of Tushta and the Sun? are the physicians of the gods.Rudras? Adityas? Vasus and Maruts -- see tenth chapter? verses 21 and 23.Ushmapa A class of manes. They accept the food offered in the Sraaddha (anniversary) ceremony or the obseies? while it is hot. Hence they are called Ushmapas. There are seven groups of manes.Gandharvas are celestial singers such as Haha and Huhu.Yakshas such as Kubera (the god of wealth) Asuras such as Virochana perfected ones such as Kapila.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
11.22 Ye, those who are; the rudra-adityah, Rudras and Adityas; vasavah, the Vasus; and sadhyah, the Sadhyas-the groups of Rudras and other gods; the gods visve, Visve-devas; and asvinau, the two Asvins; marutah, the Maruts; and usmapah, the Usmapas, (a class of) manes; and gandharva-yaksa-asura-siddha-sanghah, hosts of Gandharvas-viz Haha, Huhu and others-, Yaksas-viz Kubera and others-, demons-Virocana and others-, and Siddhas-Kapila and others; sarve eva, all of those very ones; viksante, gaze; tva, (i.e.) tvam, at You; vismitah eva, being indeed struck with wonder.
For,
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
11.22 Usmapa means manes, because the Sruti declares: 'Verily the manes receive the hot portions of the offerings' (Tai. Br., 1.3.10). All these, struck with amazement, behold You.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
11.22 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।11.22।। अर्जुन और आगे वर्णन करते हुए कहता है कि इस ईश्वरीय रूप को देखने वालों में प्राकृतिक नियमों या शक्तियों के वे सब अधिष्ठातृ देवतागण भी सम्मिलित हैं? जिनकी वैदिककाल में पूजा और उपासना की जाती थी। वे सभी विस्मयचकित होकर इस रूप को देख रहे थे।इस श्लोक में उल्लिखित प्राय सभी देवताओं के विषय में हम पूर्व अध्याय में वर्णन कर चुके हैं। जिन नवीन नामों का यहाँ उल्लेख किया गया है? वे हैं साध्या ? विश्वेदेवा? और ऊष्मपा ।इन शब्दों के अर्थों से आज हम अनभिज्ञ होने के कारण? यह श्लोक सम्भवत हमें अर्थपूर्ण प्रतीत नहीं होगा। परन्तु? अर्जुन वैदिक युग का पुरुष तथा वेदों का अध्येता होने के कारण इन सबसे सुपरिचित था? अत उसकी भाषा भी यही हो सकती थी। हमें केवल यही देखना है कि इस विराट् पुरुष के दर्शन का अर्जुन पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ा और विभिन्न प्रकार के देवताओं? ऋषियों? आदि की प्रतिक्रिया क्या हुई। इस आकाररहित आकार के विशाल विश्वरूप को प्रत्येक ने अपनेअपने मन के अनुसार देखा और समझा।अधिकाधिक विवरण देकर अर्जुन श्रोताओं के मनपटल पर विराट् पुरुष के चित्र को स्पष्ट करने का प्रयत्न करता है
🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā
- This is verse 22 of 55 in Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga (The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision)
- Chapter theme: Krishna reveals His universal-form · BG 11.5 paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
- Ṣaṭka grouping: TAT-Ṣaṭka (BG 7-12 · the Lord)
- Chapter hub: /visvarupa-kala
🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷
सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)