🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.50

Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 50 of 55

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🪷 English Translations

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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition

11.50 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna showed Himself again in His accustomed form; and the Mighty Lord, in gentle tones, softly consoled him who lately trembled with fear.

Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society

11.50 Sanjaya said Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Krishna again showed His own form and the great Soul (Krishna), assuming His gentle form, consoled him (Arjuna) who was terrified.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school

11.50 Iti, thus; uktva, having spoken; arjunam, to Arjuna; tatha, in that manner, the words as stated above; Vasudeva darsayamasa, showed; svakam, His own; rupam, form, as was born in the house of Vasudeva; bhuyah, again. And the mahatma, exalted One; asvasayamasa, reassured; enam, this; bhitam, terrified one; bhutva, by becoming; punah, again; saumya-vapuh, serene in form, graceful in body.

Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school

11.50 Sanjaya said Having spoken thus to Arjuna, the Lord, the son of Vasudeva, revealed His own four-armed form. And the Mahatman, i.e., one whose resolves are always treu, reassured him who was terror-stricken on seeing ann unfamiliar form, by resuming the familiar pleasant form. Possession of His own four-armed form alone is proper to this Lord of all, the Supreme Person, the Supreme Brahman, when he has assumed the human form for blessing this world as the son of Vasudeva. But in answer to the prayer of Vasudeva, who was terrified by Kamsa, the two extra arms were withdrawn till the destruction of Kamsa. These became manifest again. For He was prayed to thus: 'You are born, O Lord, O Lord of gods, withdraw this form bearing conch, discus and mace out of grace ৷৷. withdraw this form of four arms, O Self of all' (V. P., 5.3.10 and 13). Even to Sisupala, who hated Him, this form of four arms of Sri Krsna was the object of constant thought, as described in: 'Him who is of four long and robust arms, bearing the conch, discus and the mace' (V. P., 4.15.10). Hence Arjuna also exclaimed here; 'Assume again that four-armed shape' (11.46).

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly

11.50. Having said to Arjuna as above, Vasudeva revealed His own tiny form; assuming His gentle body once again, the Mighty Soul (Krsna) consoled the frightened Arjuna.

🪷 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

।।11.50।। सञ्जय बोले -- वासुदेवभगवान् ने अर्जुनसे ऐसा कहकर फिर उसी प्रकारसे अपना रूप (देवरूप) दिखाया और महात्मा श्रीकृष्णने पुनः सौम्यवपु (द्विभुजरूप) होकर इस भयभीत अर्जुनको आश्वासन दिया।

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors

11.50 इति thus? अर्जुनम् to Arjuna? वासुदेवः Vaasudeva? तथा so? उक्त्वा having spoken? स्वकम् His own? रूपम् form? दर्शयामास showed? भूयः again? आश्वासयामास consoled? च and? भीतम् who was terrified? एनम् him? भूत्वा having become? पुनः again? सौम्यवपुः of gentle form? महात्मा the greatsouled One.Commentary His own form His form as the son of Vasudeva.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)

Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship

11.51 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.

Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching

।।11.50।। यहाँ संजय अन्ध वृद्ध राजा से इस बात की पुष्टि करता है कि भगवान् ने अपने दिये हुए वचन के अनुसार पुन सौम्य रूप को धारण किया। वासुदेव शब्द से यह स्पष्ट करते हैं कि पूर्व का रूप कौन सा था वह रूप जिसमें श्रीकृष्ण ने वसुदेव के घर जन्म लिया था। भगवान् ने पुन? अर्जुन के परिचित मित्र और गोपियों के घनश्याम कृष्ण का सौम्य और प्रिय रूप धारण किया। भयभीत अर्जुन को वे मधुर वचनों से आश्वस्त करते हैं।यहाँ फिर एक बार हम संजय के शब्दों में उसकी व्याकुलता देखते हैं। वह चाहता है कि धृतराष्ट्र यह देखें कि श्रीकृष्ण ही विश्वेश्वर हैं और वे पाण्डवों के साथ हैं। किन्तु कैसे क्या कभी एक अन्धा व्यक्ति देख सकता हैफिर रणभूमि का दृश्य है। संजय अर्जुन के शब्दों में सूचित करता है कि

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।।11.50।। व्याख्या--'इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः'--अर्जुनने जब भगवान्से चतुर्भुजरूप होनेके लिये प्रार्थना की, तब भगवान्ने कहा कि मेरे इस विश्वरूपको देखकर तू व्यथित और भयभीत मत हो। तू प्रसन्न मनवाला होकर मेरे इस रूपको देख (11। 49)। भगवान्के इसी कथनको सञ्जयने यहाँ 'इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा' पदोंसे कहा है।

🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā

This is verse 50 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 6.33.50 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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