🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.22

Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 22 of 55

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🪷 English Translations

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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.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

For the Hindi-aware seer · Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's translation · a high-readability modern Hindi rendering · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur tradition. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page for the 102-year-living Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī Mahātmā.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading

।।11.22।। जो ग्यारह रुद्र, बारह आदित्य, आठ वसु, बारह साध्यगण, दस विश्वेदेव और दो अश्विनीकुमार, उनचास मरुद्गण, सात पितृगण तथा गन्धर्व, यक्ष, असुर और सिद्धोंके समुदाय हैं, वे सभी चकित होकर आपको देख रहे हैं।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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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)

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

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।।11.22।। व्याख्या--'रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च'--ग्यारह रुद्र, बारह आदित्य, आठ वसु, दो अश्विनीकुमार और उनचास मरुद्गण -- इन सबके नाम इसी अध्यायके छठे श्लोककी व्याख्यामें दिये गये हैं, इसलिये वहाँ देख लेना चाहिये। मन, अनुमन्ता, प्राण, नर, यान, चित्ति, हय, नय, हंस, नारायण, प्रभव और विभु -- ये बारह 'साध्य' हैं (वायुपुराण 66। 15 16)। क्रतु, दक्ष, श्रव, सत्य, काल, काम, धुनि, कुरुवान्, प्रभवान् और रोचमान -- ये दस 'विश्वेदेव' हैं (वायुपुराण 66। 31 32)। कव्यवाह अनल, सोम, यम, अर्यमा, अग्निष्वात्त और बर्हिषत् -- ये सात 'पितर' हैं (शिवपुराण, धर्म0 63। 2)। ऊष्म अर्थात् गरम अन्न खानेके कारण पितरोंका नाम 'ऊष्मपा' है।

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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)
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⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.33.22 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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