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नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
Bhagavad-Gītā 11.24 · the yathārtha śloka (Devanāgarī Sanskrit · canonical)

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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
11.24 On seeing Thee (the Cosmic Form) touching the sky, shining in many colours, with mouths wide open, with large fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find neither courage nor peace, O Vishnu.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
11.24 O Visnu, hi, verily; drstva, seeing; tvam, You; nabhah-sprsam, touching heaven; diptam, blazing; aneka-varnam, with many colours, (i.e.) possessed of many frightening forms; vyatta-ananam, open-mouthed; dipta-visala-netram, with firey large eyes; I, pravyathita-antara-atma, becoming terrified in my mind; na vindami, do not find; dhrtim, steadiness; ca, and; samam, peace, calmness of mind. Why?
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
11.24 The term 'Nabhas' denotes the Supreme Heaven (Parama-Vyoman), which is beyond the Prakrti composed of the three Gunas as established by the Sruti passages such as: 'That is in the Imperishable Supreme Heaven' (Ma. Na. U., 1.2), 'Him, sun-coloured and beyond Tamas' (Sve., 3.8) 'The dweller beyond the Rajas' (Rg. S., 2.6.25.5) and 'He who is the president in the Supreme Heaven' (Rg. S., 8.9.17.7). This can be understood as implied in the statement that 'the form touches the Supreme Heaven.' It expresses the idea that it is the foundation of all - of the principle of the Prakrti with its conditions, and of the individual selves in all states. It has also been initially declared: 'For by You alone are pervaded the interspace of heaven and earth ৷৷.' (11.20). 'Beholding Your form shining, multicoloured, and with yawning mouths and large and resplendent eyes, my inner being trembles in fear. I am unable to find support, namely, I am unable to find support for the body. I am unable to get peace of mind and of the senses. O Visnu, namely, O Pervader, beholding You pervading everything, incomparable in magnitude, extremely wonderful and terrible, I find my limbs ivering and my senses agitated.' Such is the meaning.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
11.24. As I observe You [with form] touching the sky; blazing; having many colours, mouths wide open, eyes blazing and large; I am terrified in my inner soul (mind); and I do not get courage and peace, O Visnu !

🪷 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
।।11.24।। हे विष्णो ! आपके अनेक देदीप्यमान वर्ण हैं, आप आकाशको स्पर्श कर रहे हैं, आपका मुख फैला हुआ है आपके नेत्र प्रदीप्त और विशाल हैं। ऐसे आपको देखकर भयभीत अन्तःकरणवाला मैं धैर्य और शान्तिको प्राप्त नहीं हो रहा हूँ।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
11.24 नभःस्पृशम् touching the sky? दीप्तम् shining? अनेकवर्णम् in many colours? व्यात्ताननम् with mouths wide open? दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् with larve fiery eyes? दृष्ट्वा having seen? हि verily? त्वाम् Thee? प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा terrified at heart? धृतिम् courage? न not? विन्दामि (I) find? शमम् peace? च and? विष्णो O Vishnu.Commentary Dhriti also means patience and strength. Sama also means control.The vision of the Cosmic Form has frightened Arjuna considerably.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
11.24 O Visnu, hi, verily; drstva, seeing; tvam, You; nabhah-sprsam, touching heaven; diptam, blazing; aneka-varnam, with many colours, (i.e.) possessed of many frightening forms; vyatta-ananam, open-mouthed; dipta-visala-netram, with firey large eyes; I, pravyathita-antara-atma, becoming terrified in my mind; na vindami, do not find; dhrtim, steadiness; ca, and; samam, peace, calmness of mind. Why?
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
11.24 The term 'Nabhas' denotes the Supreme Heaven (Parama-Vyoman), which is beyond the Prakrti composed of the three Gunas as established by the Sruti passages such as: 'That is in the Imperishable Supreme Heaven' (Ma. Na. U., 1.2), 'Him, sun-coloured and beyond Tamas' (Sve., 3.8) 'The dweller beyond the Rajas' (Rg. S., 2.6.25.5) and 'He who is the president in the Supreme Heaven' (Rg. S., 8.9.17.7). This can be understood as implied in the statement that 'the form touches the Supreme Heaven.' It expresses the idea that it is the foundation of all - of the principle of the Prakrti with its conditions, and of the individual selves in all states. It has also been initially declared: 'For by You alone are pervaded the interspace of heaven and earth ৷৷.' (11.20). 'Beholding Your form shining, multicoloured, and with yawning mouths and large and resplendent eyes, my inner being trembles in fear. I am unable to find support, namely, I am unable to find support for the body. I am unable to get peace of mind and of the senses. O Visnu, namely, O Pervader, beholding You pervading everything, incomparable in magnitude, extremely wonderful and terrible, I find my limbs ivering and my senses agitated.' Such is the meaning.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
11.24 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।11.24।। अर्जुन द्वारा अनुभव किया गया यह आसाधारण अद्भुत और उग्र दृश्य किसी एक स्थान पर केन्द्रित नहीं किया जा सकता था। वस्तुत? वह सर्वव्यापकता की सीमा तक फैला हुआ था। परन्तु? अर्जुन ने अपनी आन्तरिक दृष्टि में उसे एक परिच्छिन्न रूप और निश्चित आकार में देखा। अरूप गुणों (जैसे स्वतन्त्रता? प्रेम? राष्ट्रीयता इत्यादि) को जब भी हम बौद्धिक दृष्टि से समझते हैं? तब हम उसे एक निश्चित आकार प्रदान करते हैं? जो स्वयं के ज्ञान के लिए ही होता है? परन्तु कदापि इन्द्रियगोचर नहीं होता। इसी प्रकार? यद्यपि विराट् रूप तो विश्वव्यापी है? परन्तु अर्जुन को ऐसा अनुभव होता है? मानो? उसका कोई आकार विशेष है। किन्तु? पुन जब वह इस अनुभूत दृश्य का वर्णन करने का प्रयत्न करता है? तो उसके वचन उसकी ही भावनाओं को व्यक्त नहीं कर पाते और उसका अपना प्रयोजन ही सिद्ध नहीं हो पाता है।अर्जुन देखता है कि समस्त लोक उस विराट् पुरुष को देखकर भयभीत हो रहे हैं? जिसमें? बहुत मुख? नेत्र? बहुत बाहु? उरु और पैरों वाले? बहुत उदरों वाले आदि रूप हैं और वह कहता है? मैं भी भयभीत हो रहा हूँ। यह भी सबने अनुभव किया होगा कि यदि हम किसी उत्तेजित जनसमुदाय के मध्य अथवा सत्संग में होते हैं? तब वहाँ के वातावरण का हमारे मन पर भी उसी प्रकार का प्रभाव पड़ता है। सब लोक भयभीत हुये हैं? और अर्जुन स्वीकार करता है कि? मैं भी व्याकुल हो रहा हूँ।अपनी ही स्वीकारोक्ति के बाद उसे यह भय लगना एक क्षत्रिय पुरुष के लिए अपमानजनक और कायरता का लक्षण जान पड़ा। इसलिए? अपने भय को उचित सिद्ध करने के लिए वह उस भयंकर रूप को अनन्तरूप अर्थात् रूपविहीन बताते हुए कहता है कि विश्वरूप अपने में सबको समेटे हुए है। यह विराट् रूप आकाश को स्पर्श कर रहा है। असंख्य वर्णों से वह दीप्तमान हो रहा है। उसके विशाल आग्नेय नेत्र चमक रहे हैं। उसका मुख सबका भक्षण कर रहा है। यह सब सम्मिलित रूप में देवताओं के साहस को भी डगमगा देने वाला है। अर्जुन यह भी स्वीकार करता है कि इस रूप के दर्शन से मैं भयभीत हूँ मुझे न धैर्य प्राप्त हो रहा है और न शान्ति। यहाँ ध्यान देने की बात है कि इस प्रकार के संवेदनाशून्य भय की स्थिति में वह विश्वरूप को? हे विष्णो कहकर सम्बोधित करता है।जैसा कि मैनें प्रारम्भ में कहा है अर्जुन की अर्न्तदृष्टि में अत्यन्त स्पष्ट अनुभव हो रहा विराट् रूप? वस्तुत अनन्त परमात्मा का इस विश्व के नाम और रूपों के असीम विस्तार की दृष्टि से किया गया वर्णन है। गीता के विद्यार्थियों को इन सूक्ष्म विचारधाराओं का विस्मरण नहीं होने देना चाहिए जिन्हें व्यासजी ने परिश्रमी और लगनशील साधकों के लाभ के लिए गुप्त रख छोड़ा है अपने भय का कारण बताते हुए अर्जुन कहता है

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।।11.24।। व्याख्या--[बीसवें श्लोकमें तो अर्जुनने विराट्रूपकी लम्बाई-चौड़ाईका वर्णन किया, अब यहाँ केवल लम्बाईका वर्णन करते हैं।]

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