06.033
Pancharatra: Bhagavad Gita 11th chapter.
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Arjuna said:)
Arjuna said:
मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसञ्ज्ञितम्। यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥६-३३-१॥
madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasañjñitam। yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho'yaṃ vigato mama ॥6-33-1॥
[मदनुग्रहाय (madanugrahāya) - for my favor; परमं (paramaṃ) - supreme; गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret; अध्यात्मसञ्ज्ञितम् (adhyātmasaṃjñitam) - known as spiritual knowledge; यत् (yat) - which; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; तेन (tena) - by that; मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion; अयम् (ayam) - this; विगतः (vigataḥ) - dispelled; मम (mama) - my;]
(For my favor, the supreme secret known as spiritual knowledge, which was spoken by you, by those words, this delusion of mine is dispelled.)
The supreme secret of spiritual knowledge, spoken by you for my benefit, has dispelled my delusion.
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया। त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥६-३३-२॥
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā। tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam ॥6-33-2॥
[भवाप्ययौ (bhavāpyayau) - creation and dissolution; हि (hi) - indeed; भूतानां (bhūtānāṃ) - of beings; श्रुतौ (śrutau) - heard; विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ) - in detail; मया (mayā) - by me; त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you; कमलपत्राक्ष (kamalapatrākṣa) - O lotus-eyed one; माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - glory; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - eternal;]
(Creation and dissolution of beings have indeed been heard in detail by me from you, O lotus-eyed one, and also the eternal glory.)
I have heard from you in detail about the creation and dissolution of beings, O lotus-eyed one, and also about your eternal glory.
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर। द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥६-३३-३॥
evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṃ parameśvara। draṣṭum icchāmi te rūpam aiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ॥6-33-3॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; यथा (yathā) - as; अत्थ (attha) - you have spoken; त्वम् (tvam) - you; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; परमेश्वर (parameśvara) - O Supreme Lord; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; ते (te) - your; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine; पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O Supreme Person;]
(Thus, as you have spoken, O Supreme Lord, I wish to see your divine form, O Supreme Person.)
O Supreme Lord, as you have described yourself, I desire to see your divine form, O Supreme Person.
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो। योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ॥६-३३-४॥
manyase yadi tacchakyaṁ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho। yogeśvara tato me tvaṁ darśayātmānamavyayam ॥6-33-4॥
[मन्यसे (manyase) - you think; यदि (yadi) - if; तत् (tat) - that; शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible; मया (mayā) - by me; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; इति (iti) - thus; प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord; योगेश्वर (yogeśvara) - O master of yoga; ततः (tataḥ) - then; मे (me) - me; त्वम् (tvam) - you; दर्शय (darśaya) - show; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable;]
(If you think that it is possible for me to see, O Lord, then, O master of yoga, show me your imperishable self.)
If you believe it is possible for me to see that, O Lord, then please, O master of yoga, reveal to me your eternal self.
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - auspicious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The auspicious Lord said:)
The Blessed Lord said:
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥६-३३-५॥
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ। nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ॥6-33-5॥
[पश्य (paśya) - behold; मे (me) - my; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands; नानाविधानि (nānāvidhāni) - various kinds; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; नानावर्णाकृतीनि (nānāvarṇākṛtīni) - various colors and shapes; च (ca) - and;]
(Behold my forms, O son of Pṛthā, in hundreds and thousands, various kinds, divine, and of various colors and shapes.)
"O Arjuna, behold my divine forms in hundreds and thousands, of various kinds and colors."
पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा। बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ॥६-३३-६॥
paśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśvinau marutastathā। bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata ॥6-33-6॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; आदित्यान् (ādityān) - the Ādityas; वसून् (vasūn) - the Vasus; रुद्रान् (rudrān) - the Rudras; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the Aśvins; मरुतः (marutaḥ) - the Maruts; तथा (tathā) - as well; बहूनि (bahūni) - many; अदृष्टपूर्वाणि (adṛṣṭapūrvāṇi) - never seen before; पश्य (paśya) - see; आश्चर्याणि (āścaryāṇi) - wonders; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(See the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Aśvins, and the Maruts as well; see many wonders never seen before, O Bhārata.)
Behold, O Bhārata, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Aśvins, and the Maruts, along with many wonders that have never been seen before.
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्। मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥६-३३-७॥
ihaikasthaṁ jagatkṛtsnaṁ paśyādya sacarācaram। mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchasi ॥6-33-7॥
[इह (iha) - here; एकस्थं (ekasthaṁ) - in one place; जगत् (jagat) - world; कृत्स्नं (kṛtsnaṁ) - entire; पश्य (paśya) - see; अद्य (adya) - today; सचराचरम् (sacarācaram) - with moving and non-moving; मम (mama) - my; देहे (dehe) - in body; गुडाकेश (guḍākeśa) - O Gudakesha; यत् (yat) - that; च (ca) - and; अन्यत् (anyat) - other; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish;]
(Here in one place, see today the entire world with moving and non-moving, in my body, O Gudakesha, and whatever else you wish to see.)
O Gudakesha, behold today the entire universe, with all its moving and non-moving entities, assembled together in one place within my body, and also see whatever else you wish to see.
न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा। दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥६-३३-८॥
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā। divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram ॥6-33-8॥
[न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; मां (māṃ) - me; शक्यसे (śakyase) - can see; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; अनेन (anena) - by this; एव (eva) - indeed; स्वचक्षुषा (svacakṣuṣā) - with own eyes; दिव्यं (divyaṃ) - divine; ददामि (dadāmi) - I give; ते (te) - to you; चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eyes; पश्य (paśya) - see; मे (me) - my; योगम् (yogam) - yoga; ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine power;]
(But you cannot see me with your own eyes; I give you divine eyes, behold my divine power.)
"But you cannot see me with your own eyes. Therefore, I give you divine vision; behold my majestic power."
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः। दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥६-३३-९॥
evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ। darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram ॥6-33-9॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O King; महायोगेश्वरः (mahāyogeśvaraḥ) - the great lord of yoga; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed; पार्थाय (pārthāya) - to Arjuna; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine;]
(Thus having spoken, then, O King, the great lord of yoga, Hari, showed to Arjuna the supreme divine form.)
After speaking thus, O King, the great lord of yoga, Hari, revealed to Arjuna his supreme divine form.
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्। अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥६-३३-१०॥
anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam। anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham ॥6-33-10॥
[अनेक (aneka) - many; वक्त्र (vaktra) - faces; नयनम् (nayanam) - eyes; अनेक (aneka) - many; अद्भुत (adbhuta) - wonderful; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sights; अनेक (aneka) - many; दिव्य (divya) - divine; आभरणम् (ābharaṇam) - ornaments; दिव्य (divya) - divine; अनेक (aneka) - many; उद्यत (udyata) - upraised; आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapons;]
(Many faces and eyes, many wonderful sights; many divine ornaments, many divine upraised weapons.)
The form with many faces and eyes, displaying many wonderful sights, adorned with many divine ornaments and wielding many divine weapons.
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्। सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥६-३३-११॥
divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam। sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham ॥6-33-11॥
[दिव्य (divya) - divine; माल्य (mālya) - garland; अम्बर (ambara) - clothing; धरं (dharaṃ) - wearing; दिव्य (divya) - divine; गन्ध (gandha) - fragrance; अनुलेपनम् (anulepanam) - anointment; सर्व (sarva) - all; आश्चर्य (āścarya) - wonderful; मयं (mayaṃ) - consisting of; देव (deva) - god; अनन्तं (anantaṃ) - infinite; विश्वतः (viśvataḥ) - facing all directions; मुखम् (mukham) - face;]
(Wearing divine garlands and clothing, anointed with divine fragrance; the god, infinite and wonderful, facing all directions.)
The god, adorned with divine garlands and garments, anointed with celestial fragrance, is infinite and faces all directions, embodying all wonders.
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥६-३३-१२॥
divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā। yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ॥6-33-12॥
[दिवि (divi) - in the sky; सूर्य (sūrya) - sun; सहस्रस्य (sahasrasya) - of a thousand; भवेत् (bhavet) - were; युगपद् (yugapad) - simultaneously; उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen; यदि (yadi) - if; भाः (bhāḥ) - light; सदृशी (sadṛśī) - like; सा (sā) - that; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; भासः (bhāsaḥ) - splendor; तस्य (tasya) - of him; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul;]
(In the sky, if the light of a thousand suns were to arise simultaneously, that would be like the splendor of that great soul.)
If a thousand suns were to rise at once in the sky, their light might resemble the splendor of that great soul.
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा। अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥६-३३-१३॥
tatraikasthaṁ jagatkṛtsnaṁ pravibhaktamanekadhā। apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā ॥6-33-13॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; एकस्थं (ekasthaṁ) - in one place; जगत् (jagat) - the universe; कृत्स्नं (kṛtsnaṁ) - entire; प्रविभक्तम् (pravibhaktam) - divided; अनेकधा (anekadhā) - in many ways; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; देवदेवस्य (devadevasya) - of the God of gods; शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pandu; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(There, in one place, the entire universe, divided in many ways, was seen in the body of the God of gods by the son of Pandu, then.)
Then, the son of Pandu saw the entire universe, with its manifold divisions, gathered together in one place, within the body of the God of gods.
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः। प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥६-३३-१४॥
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ। praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata ॥6-33-14॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; विस्मयाविष्टः (vismayāviṣṭaḥ) - filled with wonder; हृष्टरोमाः (hṛṣṭaromāḥ) - with hair standing on end; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Arjuna; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; शिरसा (śirasā) - with his head; देवम् (devam) - to the Lord; कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands; अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke;]
(Then, filled with wonder and with hair standing on end, Arjuna, having bowed with his head to the Lord and with folded hands, spoke:)
Then Arjuna, filled with awe and with his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the Lord and spoke with folded hands.
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Arjuna said:)
Arjuna said:
पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे; सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्। ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ; मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥६-३३-१५॥
paśyāmi devāṁstava deva dehe; sarvāṁstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān। brahmāṇamīśaṁ kamalāsanastha; mṛṣīṁśca sarvānuragāṁśca divyān ॥6-33-15॥
[पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; देवान् (devān) - gods; तव (tava) - your; देव (deva) - O God; देहे (dehe) - in the body; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; तथा (tathā) - also; भूतविशेषसङ्घान् (bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān) - assemblies of various beings; ब्रह्माणम् (brahmāṇam) - Brahma; ईशम् (īśam) - the Lord; कमलासनस्थ (kamalāsanastha) - seated on a lotus; मृषीन् (mṛṣīn) - sages; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; उरगान् (uragān) - serpents; च (ca) - and; दिव्यान् (divyān) - divine;]
(I see the gods, O God, in your body; also all the assemblies of various beings. Brahma, the Lord, seated on a lotus; and all the sages and divine serpents.)
In your body, O God, I behold the gods, all the distinct groups of beings, Brahma, the Lord seated on a lotus, and all the sages and divine serpents.
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं; पश्यामि त्वा सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्। नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं; पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ॥६-३३-१६॥
anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṁ; paśyāmi tvā sarvato'nantarūpam। nāntaṁ na madhyaṁ na punastavādiṁ; paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa ॥6-33-16॥
[अनेक (aneka) - many; बाहु (bāhu) - arms; उदर (udara) - bellies; वक्त्र (vaktra) - faces; नेत्रं (netraṁ) - eyes; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; त्वा (tvā) - you; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere; अनन्त (ananta) - infinite; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; न (na) - not; अन्तं (antaṁ) - end; न (na) - not; मध्यं (madhyaṁ) - middle; न (na) - not; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; तव (tava) - your; आदिं (ādiṁ) - beginning; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; विश्वेश्वर (viśveśvara) - O Lord of the Universe; विश्व (viśva) - universal; रूप (rūpa) - form;]
(I see you with many arms, bellies, faces, and eyes; everywhere, your infinite form. I see no end, no middle, and no beginning of you; O Lord of the Universe, universal form.)
I behold you with countless arms, bellies, faces, and eyes; your infinite form is everywhere. I see neither your end, nor your middle, nor your beginning; O Lord of the Universe, you are the universal form.
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च; तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम्। पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता; द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥६-३३-१७॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca; tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam। paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantā; ddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam ॥6-33-17॥
[किरीटिनं (kirīṭinam) - crowned; गदिनं (gadinam) - with a mace; चक्रिणं (cakriṇam) - with a discus; च (ca) - and; तेजोराशिं (tejorāśim) - mass of splendor; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; दीप्तिमन्तम् (dīptimantam) - radiant; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् (durnirīkṣyam) - difficult to behold; समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around; दीप्त (dīpta) - blazing; अनल (anala) - fire; अर्क (arka) - sun; द्युतिम् (dyutim) - brilliance; अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable;]
(Crowned, with a mace and a discus; a mass of splendor, radiant on all sides. I see you, difficult to behold all around, blazing with the brilliance of fire and sun, immeasurable.)
I see you adorned with a crown, holding a mace and discus, a radiant mass of splendor on all sides. You are difficult to behold, blazing with the immeasurable brilliance of fire and sun, beyond comprehension.
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं; त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता; सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ॥६-३३-१८॥
tvam akṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ; tvam asya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam। tvam avyayaḥ śāśvata-dharma-goptā; sanātanas tvaṃ puruṣo mato me ॥6-33-18॥
[त्वम् (tvam) - you; अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - imperishable; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; वेदितव्यम् (veditavyam) - to be known; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अस्य (asya) - of this; विश्वस्य (viśvasya) - of the universe; परम् (param) - supreme; निधानम् (nidhānam) - abode; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - immutable; शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता (śāśvata-dharma-goptā) - protector of the eternal dharma; सनातनः (sanātanaḥ) - eternal; त्वम् (tvam) - you; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; मतः (mataḥ) - considered; मे (me) - by me;]
(You are the imperishable, the supreme to be known; you are the supreme abode of this universe. You are the immutable, the protector of the eternal dharma; you are the eternal person considered by me.)
You are the imperishable and supreme entity to be known; the ultimate abode of the universe. You are immutable, the protector of eternal dharma, and the eternal being as I perceive you.
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य; मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्। पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं; स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥६-३३-१९॥
anādimadhyāntamanantavīrya; manantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram। paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ; svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam ॥6-33-19॥
[अनादिमध्यान्तम् (anādimadhyāntam) - without beginning, middle, and end; अनन्तवीर्य (anantavīrya) - infinite in power; अनन्तबाहुं (anantabāhuṃ) - with infinite arms; शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् (śaśisūryanetram) - moon and sun as eyes; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं (dīptahutāśavaktraṃ) - with blazing fire mouth; स्वतेजसा (svatejasā) - by your radiance; विश्वमिदं (viśvamidaṃ) - this universe; तपन्तम् (tapantam) - burning;]
(Without beginning, middle, and end, infinite in power, with infinite arms, moon and sun as eyes, I see you with a blazing fire mouth, by your radiance, this universe burning.)
I see you, who is without beginning, middle, and end, possessing infinite power and arms, with the moon and sun as your eyes, and a mouth blazing like fire, causing this universe to burn with your radiance.
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि; व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः। दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमिदं तवोग्रं; लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥६-३३-२०॥
dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi; vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ। dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpamidaṃ tavograṃ; lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman ॥6-33-20॥
[द्यावा (dyāvā) - heaven and earth; पृथिव्योः (pṛthivyoḥ) - of the earth; इदम् (idam) - this; अन्तरम् (antaram) - space; हि (hi) - indeed; व्याप्तम् (vyāptam) - pervaded; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; एकेन (ekena) - alone; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; च (ca) - and; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; इदम् (idam) - this; तव (tava) - your; उग्रं (ugraṃ) - terrible; लोकत्रयम् (lokatrayam) - three worlds; प्रव्यथितम् (pravyathitam) - trembling; महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great one;]
(Indeed, this space between heaven and earth is pervaded by you alone, and all directions. Having seen this wonderful and terrible form of yours, the three worlds are trembling, O great one.)
The entire space between heaven and earth, as well as all directions, is pervaded by you alone. Seeing your wondrous and terrifying form, the three worlds are trembling, O great one.
अमी हि त्वा सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति; केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति। स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः; स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ॥६-३३-२१॥
amī hi tvā surasaṅghā viśanti; kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti। svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ; stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ ॥6-33-21॥
[अमी (amī) - these; हि (hi) - indeed; त्वा (tvā) - you; सुरसङ्घाः (surasaṅghāḥ) - groups of gods; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; केचित् (kecit) - some; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - fearful; प्राञ्जलयः (prāñjalayaḥ) - with folded hands; गृणन्ति (gṛṇanti) - praise; स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः (maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ) - groups of great sages and perfected beings; स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - praise; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; स्तुतिभिः (stutibhiḥ) - with hymns; पुष्कलाभिः (puṣkalābhiḥ) - abundant;]
(These indeed enter you, groups of gods; some, fearful, with folded hands, praise. Having said 'well-being', groups of great sages and perfected beings praise you with abundant hymns.)
Indeed, these groups of gods enter you; some, fearful, praise with folded hands. Having said 'well-being', groups of great sages and perfected beings praise you with abundant hymns.
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या; विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च। गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा; वीक्षन्ते त्वा विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥६-३३-२२॥
rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā; viśve'śvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca। gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghā; vīkṣante tvā vismitāścaiva sarve ॥6-33-22॥
[रुद्र (rudra) - Rudras; आदित्या (ādityā) - Ādityas; वसवः (vasavaḥ) - Vasus; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; साध्याः (sādhyāḥ) - Sādhyas; विश्वे (viśve) - Viśvedevas; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - Aśvins; मरुतः (marutaḥ) - Maruts; च (ca) - and; उष्मपाः (uṣmapāḥ) - ancestors; च (ca) - and; गन्धर्व (gandharva) - Gandharvas; यक्ष (yakṣa) - Yakṣas; असुर (asura) - Asuras; सिद्ध (siddha) - Siddhas; सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - assemblies; वीक्षन्ते (vīkṣante) - observe; त्वा (tvā) - you; विस्मिताः (vismitāḥ) - amazed; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्वे (sarve) - all;]
(Rudras, Ādityas, Vasus, who and Sādhyas; Viśvedevas, Aśvins, Maruts and ancestors; Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Asuras, Siddhas assemblies; observe you amazed and indeed all.)
All the Rudras, Ādityas, Vasus, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, Aśvins, Maruts, ancestors, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Asuras, and Siddhas are observing you with amazement.
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं; महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्। बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं; दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥६-३३-२३॥
rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ; mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam। bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ; dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham ॥6-33-23॥
[रूपं (rūpam) - form; महत् (mahat) - great; ते (te) - your; बहु (bahu) - many; वक्त्र (vaktra) - faces; नेत्रं (netraṃ) - eyes; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; बहु (bahu) - many; बाहु (bāhu) - arms; ऊरु (ūru) - thighs; पादम् (pādam) - feet; बहु (bahu) - many; उदरं (udaraṃ) - bellies; बहु (bahu) - many; दंष्ट्रा (daṃṣṭrā) - teeth; करालं (karālaṃ) - terrifying; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - the worlds; प्रव्यथिताः (pravyathitāḥ) - are terrified; तथा (tathā) - also; अहम् (aham) - I;]
(Your great form with many faces and eyes, O mighty-armed, with many arms, thighs, and feet, many bellies, and many terrifying teeth; having seen, the worlds are terrified, and so am I.)
Seeing your great form with many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, feet, bellies, and terrifying teeth, O mighty-armed, the worlds are terrified, and so am I.
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं; व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्। दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा; धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥६-३३-२४॥
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ; vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram। dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā; dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ॥6-33-24॥
[नभःस्पृशम् (nabhaḥspṛśam) - touching the sky; दीप्तम् (dīptam) - radiant; अनेकवर्णम् (anekavarṇam) - many-colored; व्यात्ताननम् (vyāttānanaṃ) - with wide-open mouth; दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् (dīptaviśālanetram) - with large blazing eyes; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; हि (hi) - indeed; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा (pravyathitāntarātmā) - with a disturbed inner self; धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - courage; न (na) - not; विन्दामि (vindāmi) - find; शमम् (śamam) - peace; च (ca) - and; विष्णो (viṣṇo) - O Vishnu;]
(Touching the sky, radiant, many-colored; with wide-open mouth and large blazing eyes. Having seen you, indeed, with a disturbed inner self, I do not find courage and peace, O Vishnu.)
O Vishnu, seeing your form touching the sky, radiant and multicolored, with a wide-open mouth and large blazing eyes, my inner self is disturbed. I find neither courage nor peace.
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि; दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसंनिभानि। दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म; प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥६-३३-२५॥
daṁṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni; dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasaṁnibhāni। diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma; prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ॥6-33-25॥
[दंष्ट्राकरालानि (daṁṣṭrākarālāni) - terrifying with fangs; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; मुखानि (mukhāni) - mouths; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; एव (eva) - indeed; कालानलसंनिभानि (kālānalasaṁnibhāni) - resembling the fire of destruction; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; न (na) - not; जाने (jāne) - I know; न (na) - nor; लभे (labhe) - I obtain; च (ca) - and; शर्म (śarma) - peace; प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious; देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of the gods; जगन्निवास (jagannivāsa) - O abode of the universe;]
(Your mouths, terrifying with fangs, indeed resembling the fire of destruction; having seen, I know not the directions, nor do I obtain peace; be gracious, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe.)
Seeing your mouths, which are terrifying with fangs and resemble the fire of destruction, I am unable to find my way and cannot find peace; please be gracious, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe.
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः; सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः। भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ; सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥६-३३-२६॥
amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ; sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ। bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau; sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ ॥6-33-26॥
[अमी (amī) - these; च (ca) - and; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सहैव (sahaiva) - together with; अवनिपालसङ्घैः (avanipālasaṅghaiḥ) - with the groups of kings; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - Karna; तथा (tathā) - and; असौ (asau) - that; सह (saha) - with; अस्मदीयैः (asmadīyaiḥ) - our; अपि (api) - also; योधमुख्यैः (yodhamukhyaiḥ) - chief warriors;]
(These sons of Dhritarashtra, all together with the groups of kings, Bhishma, Drona, and that Karna, along with our chief warriors.)
These sons of Dhritarashtra, along with all the groups of kings, Bhishma, Drona, and Karna, are ready for battle alongside our chief warriors.
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति; दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि। केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु; संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥६-३३-२७॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti; daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni। kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu; sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ॥6-33-27॥
[वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; ते (te) - your; त्वरमाणा (tvaramāṇā) - hastening; विशन्ति (viśanti) - entering; दंष्ट्राकरालानि (daṃṣṭrākarālāni) - terrible with tusks; भयानकानि (bhayānakāni) - frightening; केचित् (kecit) - some; विलग्नाः (vilagnāḥ) - stuck; दशनान्तरेषु (daśanāntareṣu) - between the teeth; संदृश्यन्ते (sandṛśyante) - are seen; चूर्णितैः (cūrṇitaiḥ) - crushed; उत्तमाङ्गैः (uttamāṅgaiḥ) - with heads;]
(Your mouths, hastening, enter; terrible with tusks, frightening. Some are stuck between the teeth; seen with crushed heads.)
Your terrifying mouths, with dreadful tusks, are hastily devouring. Some are seen stuck between the teeth, crushed with their heads.
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः; समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति। तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा; विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥६-३३-२८॥
yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ; samudramevābhimukhā dravanti. tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā; viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti ॥6-33-28॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; नदीनां (nadīnāṃ) - of rivers; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; अम्बुवेगाः (ambuvegāḥ) - water currents; समुद्रं (samudram) - ocean; एव (eva) - indeed; अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - towards; द्रवन्ति (dravanti) - flow; तथा (tathā) - so; तव (tava) - your; अमी (amī) - these; नरलोकवीराः (naralokavīrāḥ) - heroes of the human world; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; अभिविज्वलन्ति (abhivijvalanti) - blazing;]
(As the many water currents of rivers indeed flow towards the ocean, so do these heroes of the human world enter your blazing mouths.)
Just as the many currents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so do these heroes of the human world enter your blazing mouths.
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा; विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका; स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥६-३३-२९॥
yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā; viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ। tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā; stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ ॥6-33-29॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; प्रदीप्तं (pradīptaṃ) - blazing; ज्वलनं (jvalanaṃ) - fire; पतङ्गा (pataṅgā) - moths; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; नाशाय (nāśāya) - to destruction; समृद्धवेगाः (samṛddhavegāḥ) - with full speed; तथैव (tathaiva) - so also; नाशाय (nāśāya) - to destruction; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - people; तव (tava) - your; अपि (api) - also; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - mouths; समृद्धवेगाः (samṛddhavegāḥ) - with full speed;]
(As moths with full speed enter a blazing fire to destruction, so also do people with full speed enter your mouths to destruction.)
Just as moths rush with full speed into a blazing fire to their destruction, so do people rush with full speed into your mouths to their destruction.
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता; ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं; भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥६-३३-३०॥
leliḥyase grasamānaḥ samantā; llokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ। tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ; bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ॥6-33-30॥
[लेलिह्यसे (leliḥyase) - you lick; ग्रसमानः (grasamānaḥ) - devouring; समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; समग्रान् (samagrān) - entire; वदनैः (vadanaiḥ) - with mouths; ज्वलद्भिः (jvaladbhiḥ) - blazing; तेजोभिः (tejobhiḥ) - with radiance; आपूर्य (āpūrya) - pervading; जगत् (jagat) - universe; समग्रम् (samagraṃ) - entire; भासः (bhāsaḥ) - lights; तव (tava) - your; उग्राः (ogrāḥ) - fierce; प्रतपन्ति (pratapanti) - burn; विष्णो (viṣṇo) - O Vishnu;]
(You lick, devouring all around; the entire worlds with blazing mouths. With radiance pervading the entire universe; your fierce lights burn, O Vishnu.)
O Vishnu, you lick and devour all the worlds with your blazing mouths, filling the entire universe with your radiance. Your fierce lights burn everything.
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो; नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद। विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं; न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥६-३३-३१॥
ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo; namo'stu te devavara prasīda। vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ; na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ॥6-33-31॥
[आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell; मे (me) - me; कः (kaḥ) - who; भवान् (bhavān) - you; उग्ररूपः (ugrarūpaḥ) - fierce form; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; देववर (devavara) - O best of gods; प्रसीद (prasīda) - be pleased; विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish; भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you; आद्यं (ādyaṃ) - the original; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; प्रजानामि (prajānāmi) - I know; तव (tava) - your; प्रवृत्तिम् (pravṛttim) - activity;]
(Tell me who you are, fierce in form; salutations to you, O best of gods, be pleased. I wish to know you, the original one; indeed, I do not know your activity.)
Please tell me who you are, fierce in form. Salutations to you, O best of gods, be gracious. I wish to know you, the original one, as I do not understand your activities.
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - auspicious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The auspicious Lord said:)
The Blessed Lord said:
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो; लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः। ऋतेऽपि त्वा न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे; येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥६-३३-३२॥
kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho; lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ। ṛte'pi tvā na bhaviṣyanti sarve; ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ॥6-33-32॥
[कालः (kālaḥ) - time; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; लोक (loka) - world; क्षय (kṣaya) - destruction; कृत् (kṛt) - causing; प्रवृद्धः (pravṛddhaḥ) - grown; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; समाहर्तुम् (samāhartum) - to destroy; इह (iha) - here; प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - engaged; ऋते (ṛte) - without; अपि (api) - even; त्वा (tvā) - you; न (na) - not; भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ये (ye) - who; अवस्थिताः (avasthitāḥ) - are situated; प्रत्यनीकेषु (pratyanīkeṣu) - in opposing armies; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors;]
(Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you, all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.)
I am time, the mighty force that leads to the destruction of the world. I have come here to annihilate all living beings. Even without you, all the warriors standing in the opposing armies will cease to exist.
तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व; जित्वा शत्रून्भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्। मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव; निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ॥६-३३-३३॥
tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva; jitvā śatrūnbhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham। mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva; nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin ॥6-33-33॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; त्वम् (tvam) - you; उत्तिष्ठ (uttiṣṭha) - arise; यशः (yaśaḥ) - glory; लभस्व (labhasva) - attain; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; भुङ्क्ष्व (bhuṅkṣva) - enjoy; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; समृद्धम् (samṛddham) - prosperous; मया (mayā) - by me; एते (ete) - these; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - already; एव (eva) - indeed; निमित्तमात्रम् (nimittamātram) - mere instrument; भव (bhava) - be; सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin) - O Savyasacin;]
(Therefore, you arise, attain glory; having conquered the enemies, enjoy the prosperous kingdom. By me, these have already been killed; be a mere instrument, O Savyasacin.)
Therefore, arise and gain glory; conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. These warriors have already been slain by me; you are merely an instrument, O Savyasacin.
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च; कर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान्। मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा; युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ॥६-३३-३४॥
droṇaṁ ca bhīṣmaṁ ca jayadrathaṁ ca; karṇaṁ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān। mayā hatāṁstvaṁ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā; yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān ॥6-33-34॥
[द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona; च (ca) - and; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; च (ca) - and; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha; च (ca) - and; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; तथा (tathā) - as well as; अन्यान् (anyān) - other; अपि (api) - also; योधवीरान् (yodhavīrān) - warriors; मया (mayā) - by me; हतान् (hatān) - killed; त्वम् (tvam) - you; जहि (jahi) - conquer; मा (mā) - do not; व्यथिष्ठाः (vyathiṣṭhāḥ) - be distressed; युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight; जेतासि (jetāsi) - you shall conquer; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; सपत्नान् (sapatnān) - enemies;]
(Drona and Bhishma and Jayadratha; Karna as well as other warriors; by me killed, you conquer, do not be distressed; fight, you shall conquer in battle the enemies.)
You must conquer Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and other brave warriors who have been killed by me. Do not be distressed; fight, and you shall conquer your enemies in battle.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य; कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी। नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं; सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ॥६-३३-३५॥
etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya; kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī। namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ; sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya ॥6-33-35॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keshava; कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined palms; वेपमानः (vepamānaḥ) - trembling; किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna; नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed down; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; आह (āha) - said; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - to Krishna; सगद्गदम् (sagadgadam) - with a choked voice; भीतभीतः (bhītabhītaḥ) - overwhelmed by fear; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having prostrated;]
(Having heard these words of Keshava, Arjuna, with joined palms, trembling, having bowed down again, indeed said to Krishna with a choked voice, overwhelmed by fear, having prostrated.)
Hearing these words of Keshava, Arjuna, with folded hands and trembling, bowed down again and spoke to Krishna with a faltering voice, overwhelmed by fear, after prostrating.
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Arjuna said:)
Arjuna said:
स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या; जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च। रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति; सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ॥६-३३-३६॥
sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā; jagatprahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca। rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti; sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ ॥6-33-36॥
[स्थाने (sthāne) - rightly; हृषीकेश (hṛṣīkeśa) - O Hrishikesha; तव (tava) - your; प्रकीर्त्या (prakīrtyā) - by glorification; जगत् (jagat) - the world; प्रहृष्यति (prahṛṣyati) - rejoices; अनुरज्यते (anurajyate) - is enamored; च (ca) - and; रक्षांसि (rakṣāṃsi) - demons; भीतानि (bhītāni) - fearful; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; द्रवन्ति (dravanti) - flee; सर्वे (sarve) - all; नमस्यन्ति (namasyanti) - offer obeisances; च (ca) - and; सिद्धसङ्घाः (siddhasaṅghāḥ) - assemblies of perfected beings;]
(Rightly, O Hrishikesha, by your glorification, the world rejoices and is enamored; demons, fearful, flee in all directions; all offer obeisances, and assemblies of perfected beings.)
O Hrishikesha, it is only appropriate that the world rejoices and is enamored by your glorification; the fearful demons flee in all directions, and all the assemblies of perfected beings offer their obeisances.
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्म; न्गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे। अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास; त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥६-३३-३७॥
kasmācca te na nameranmahātma; ngarīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre। ananta deveśa jagannivāsa; tvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat ॥6-33-37॥
[कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - to you; न (na) - not; नमेरन् (nameran) - should bow; महात्मन् (mahātman) - O great one; गरीयसे (garīyase) - greater; ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - than Brahma; अपि (api) - even; आदिकर्त्रे (ādikartre) - to the original creator; अनन्त (ananta) - O limitless one; देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of the gods; जगन्निवास (jagannivāsa) - O abode of the universe; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अक्षरम् (akṣaram) - imperishable; सत् (sat) - being; असत् (asat) - non-being; तत् (tat) - that; परम् (param) - beyond; यत् (yat) - which;]
(Why should they not bow to you, O great one? You are greater than Brahma, the original creator. O limitless one, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe, you are the imperishable, beyond both being and non-being.)
Why should they not bow to you, O great one? You are greater than even Brahma, the original creator. O limitless one, O Lord of the gods, O abode of the universe, you are the imperishable, beyond both existence and non-existence.
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण; स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्। वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम; त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ॥६-३३-३८॥
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇa; tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam। vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma; tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa ॥6-33-38॥
[त्वम् (tvam) - you; आदि (ādi) - original; देवः (devaḥ) - god; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person; पुराण (purāṇa) - ancient; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अस्य (asya) - of this; विश्वस्य (viśvasya) - of the universe; परं (paraṃ) - supreme; निधानम् (nidhānam) - abode; वेत्ता (vettā) - knower; असि (asi) - are; वेद्यम् (vedyam) - the knowable; च (ca) - and; परं (paraṃ) - supreme; च (ca) - and; धाम (dhāma) - abode; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; ततम् (tatam) - pervaded; विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe; अनन्तरूप (anantarūpa) - of infinite forms;]
(You are the original god, the ancient person; you are the supreme abode of this universe. You are the knower and the knowable, and the supreme abode; by you, the universe is pervaded with infinite forms.)
You are the primeval god and the ancient person, the ultimate refuge of this universe. You are the knower and the knowable, and the supreme abode; the universe is pervaded by you in infinite forms.
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः; प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च। नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः; पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥६-३३-३९॥
vāyuryamo'gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ; prajāpatis tvaṃ prapitāmahaśca। namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ; punaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste ॥6-33-39॥
[वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuna; शशाङ्कः (śaśāṅkaḥ) - moon; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajapati; त्वम् (tvam) - you; प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - great-grandfather; च (ca) - and; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; सहस्रकृत्वः (sahasrakṛtvaḥ) - a thousand times; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; अपि (api) - also; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation;]
(Wind, Yama, fire, Varuna, moon; you are Prajapati and great-grandfather. Salutations, let there be salutations a thousand times; again and again, salutations.)
You are the wind, Yama, fire, Varuna, the moon; you are Prajapati and the great-grandfather. Salutations to you a thousand times; again and again, salutations to you.
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते; नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं; सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ॥६-३३-४०॥
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste; namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva। anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ; sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ ॥6-33-40॥
[नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front; अथ (atha) - and; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - behind; ते (te) - to you; नमः (namaḥ) - salutation; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; एव (eva) - indeed; सर्व (sarva) - all; अनन्त (ananta) - infinite; वीर्य (vīrya) - strength; अमित (amita) - immeasurable; विक्रम (vikrama) - prowess; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; समाप्नोषि (samāpnoṣi) - pervade; ततः (tataḥ) - therefore; असि (asi) - are; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all;]
(Salutation in front and behind to you; let there be salutation to you from all sides indeed all. Infinite strength, immeasurable prowess you; all pervade therefore are all.)
Salutations to you from the front and the back; may there be salutations to you from all sides, indeed from everywhere. You are of infinite strength and immeasurable prowess; you pervade everything, therefore you are everything.
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं; हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति। अजानता महिमानं तवेदं; मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥६-३३-४१॥
sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yaduktaṁ; he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti। ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ; mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi ॥6-33-41॥
[सखेति (sakheti) - O friend; मत्वा (matvā) - thinking; प्रसभं (prasabhaṁ) - rashly; यदुक्तं (yaduktaṁ) - whatever said; हे (he) - O; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; हे (he) - O; यादव (yādava) - Yadava; हे (he) - O; सखेति (sakheti) - O friend; अजानता (ajānatā) - unknowingly; महिमानं (mahimānaṁ) - greatness; तव (tava) - your; इदं (idaṁ) - this; मया (mayā) - by me; प्रमादात् (pramādāt) - out of negligence; प्रणयेन (praṇayena) - out of affection; वापि (vāpi) - or even;]
(Thinking of you as a friend, whatever I rashly said, O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend, unknowingly of this greatness of yours, by me out of negligence or even out of affection.)
Considering you as a friend, I have rashly addressed you as 'O Krishna, O Yadava, O friend,' not knowing this greatness of yours, either out of negligence or affection.
यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि; विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु। एकोऽथ वाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं; तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥६-३३-४२॥
yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto'si; vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu। eko'tha vāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ; tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam ॥6-33-42॥
[यत् (yat) - whatever; च (ca) - and; अवहासार्थम् (avahāsārtham) - for fun; असत्कृतः (asatkṛtaḥ) - disrespected; असि (asi) - you are; विहार (vihāra) - in relaxation; शय्या (śayyā) - in resting; आसन (āsana) - in sitting; भोजनेषु (bhojaneṣu) - in eating; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; अथ (atha) - or; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; अच्युत (acyuta) - O infallible one; तत् (tat) - that; समक्षम् (samakṣam) - in front of; तत् (tat) - that; क्षामये (kṣāmaye) - I beg pardon; त्वाम् (tvām) - from you; अहम् (aham) - I; अप्रमेयम् (aprameyam) - immeasurable;]
(Whatever disrespect was shown to you for fun, in relaxation, resting, sitting, or eating, whether alone or in front of others, O infallible one, for that I beg your pardon, O immeasurable one.)
O Krishna, whatever I have done in jest or disrespectfully, whether in relaxation, resting, sitting, or eating, whether alone or in front of others, I seek your forgiveness, O immeasurable one.
पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य; त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्। न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो; लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥६-३३-४३॥
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya; tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān। na tvatsamo'styabhyadhikaḥ kuto'nyo; lokatraye'pyapratimaprabhāva ॥6-33-43॥
[पिता (pitā) - father; असि (asi) - are; लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world; चराचरस्य (carācarasya) - of the moving and the non-moving; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अस्य (asya) - of this; पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worthy of worship; च (ca) - and; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; गरीयान् (garīyān) - greater; न (na) - not; त्वत्समः (tvatsamaḥ) - equal to you; अस्ति (asti) - is; अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - superior; कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another; लोकत्रये (lokatraye) - in the three worlds; अपि (api) - even; अप्रतिमप्रभाव (apratimaprabhāva) - of unmatched power;]
(You are the father of the world, of the moving and the non-moving; you are the most worthy of worship and the greatest teacher. There is no one equal to you, nor superior; from where could there be another with unmatched power in the three worlds?)
You are the father of the entire universe, both animate and inanimate; you are the most revered and the greatest teacher. There is no one equal to you, nor superior; how could there be anyone else with such unparalleled power in all the three worlds?
तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं; प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्। पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः; प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥६-३३-४४॥
tasmāt praṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ; prasādaye tvām aham īśam īḍyam। piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ; priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum ॥6-33-44॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; प्रणिधाय (praṇidhāya) - placing; कायं (kāyaṁ) - body; प्रसादये (prasādaye) - I seek to propitiate; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; अहम् (aham) - I; ईशम् (īśam) - the Lord; ईड्यम् (īḍyam) - worthy of worship; पिता (pitā) - father; इव (iva) - like; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of son; सखा (sakhā) - friend; इव (iva) - like; सख्युः (sakhyuḥ) - of friend; प्रियः (priyaḥ) - dear; प्रियाय (priyāya) - to dear; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should; देव (deva) - O Lord; सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to forgive;]
(Therefore, having bowed and placed my body, I seek to propitiate you, the Lord, worthy of worship. Like a father to a son, like a friend to a friend, dear to the dear, O Lord, you should forgive.)
Therefore, bowing down and placing my body, I seek your grace, O Lord, worthy of worship. Just as a father forgives his son, or a friend forgives a friend, you, O Lord, should forgive me, your dear one.
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा; भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे। तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं; प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥६-३३-४५॥
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā; bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me। tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ; prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ॥6-33-45॥
[अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never seen before; हृषितः (hṛṣitaḥ) - thrilled; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भयेन (bhayena) - with fear; च (ca) - and; प्रव्यथितम् (pravyathitam) - disturbed; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; मे (me) - my; तत् (tat) - that; एव (eva) - only; मे (me) - my; दर्शय (darśaya) - show; देव (deva) - O God; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious; देवेश (deveśa) - O Lord of Gods; जगन्निवास (jagannivāsa) - O abode of the universe;]
(Never seen before, I am thrilled having seen; with fear, my mind is disturbed. Show me that form, O God; be gracious, O Lord of Gods, O abode of the universe.)
I am thrilled to see what I have never seen before, but my mind is also disturbed with fear. Please show me that form, O God; be gracious, O Lord of Gods, O abode of the universe.
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त; मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव। तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन; सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥६-३३-४६॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahasta; micchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva। tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena; sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte ॥6-33-46॥
[किरीटिनं (kirīṭinam) - crowned one; गदिनं (gadinam) - with a mace; चक्रहस्त (cakrahasta) - with discus in hand; मिच्छामि (micchāmi) - I wish; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; अहम् (aham) - I; तथैव (tathaiva) - thus; तेनैव (tenaiva) - in that same; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - form; चतुर्भुजेन (caturbhujena) - with four arms; सहस्रबाहो (sahasrabāho) - O thousand-armed one; भव (bhava) - be; विश्वमूर्ते (viśvamūrte) - O universal form;]
(Crowned one, with a mace and discus in hand; I wish to see you thus. In that same form with four arms; O thousand-armed one, be the universal form.)
I wish to see you adorned with a crown, holding a mace and discus, in that same form with four arms. O thousand-armed one, manifest as the universal form.
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - auspicious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The auspicious Lord said:)
The Blessed Lord spoke:
मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं; रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात्। तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं; यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥६-३३-४७॥
mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ; rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt। tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ; yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam ॥6-33-47॥
[मया (mayā) - by me; प्रसन्नेन (prasannena) - pleased; तव (tava) - your; अर्जुने (arjune) - O Arjuna; इदं (idaṃ) - this; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; परं (paraṃ) - supreme; दर्शितम् (darśitam) - shown; आत्मयोगात् (ātmayogāt) - by my own yoga; तेजोमयं (tejomayaṃ) - full of splendor; विश्वम् (viśvam) - universal; अनन्तम् (anantam) - infinite; आद्यं (ādyaṃ) - primeval; यत् (yat) - which; मे (me) - by me; त्वत् (tvad) - than you; अन्येन (anyena) - by another; न (na) - not; दृष्टपूर्वम् (dṛṣṭapūrvam) - seen before;]
(By me, pleased, this supreme form has been shown to you, O Arjuna, by my own yoga; full of splendor, universal, infinite, primeval, which by me, than you, by another, not seen before.)
O Arjuna, being pleased with you, I have shown you this supreme form through my own yoga. It is full of splendor, universal, infinite, and primeval, a form that has not been seen by anyone other than you before.
न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै; र्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः। एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके; द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥६-३३-४८॥
na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānai; rna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ। evaṁrūpaḥ śakya ahaṁ nṛloke; draṣṭuṁ tvadanyena kurupravīra ॥6-33-48॥
[न (na) - not; वेद (veda) - Vedas; यज्ञ (yajña) - sacrifices; अध्ययनैः (adhyayanaiḥ) - by study; न (na) - not; दानैः (dānaiḥ) - by gifts; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; क्रियाभिः (kriyābhiḥ) - by rituals; न (na) - not; तपोभिः (tapobhiḥ) - by austerities; उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - severe; एवंरूपः (evaṁrūpaḥ) - in this form; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; अहम् (aham) - I; नृलोके (nṛloke) - in the human world; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to be seen; त्वत् (tvad) - by you; अन्येन (anyena) - by another; कुरु-प्रवीर (kuru-pravīra) - O best of the Kurus;]
(Not by the Vedas, sacrifices, study, gifts, rituals, or severe austerities is it possible for me to be seen in this form in the human world by anyone other than you, O best of the Kurus.)
O best of the Kurus, it is not possible for anyone other than you to see me in this form in the human world through the Vedas, sacrifices, study, gifts, rituals, or severe austerities.
मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो; दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम्। व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं; तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ॥६-३३-४९॥
mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo; dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam। vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃ; tadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya ॥6-33-49॥
[मा (mā) - do not; ते (te) - your; व्यथा (vyathā) - distress; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; विमूढभावः (vimūḍhabhāvaḥ) - bewilderment; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; ईदृक् (īdṛk) - such; मम (mama) - my; इदम् (idam) - this; व्यपेतभीः (vyapetabhīḥ) - free from fear; प्रीतमनाः (prītamanāḥ) - pleased in mind; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्वम् (tvam) - you; तत् (tat) - that; एव (eva) - only; मे (me) - my; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; इदम् (idam) - this; प्रपश्य (prapaśya) - behold;]
(Do not be distressed, nor be bewildered; having seen this terrible form of mine. Free from fear and with a pleased mind, you behold again this form of mine.)
Do not be distressed or bewildered upon seeing this terrible form of mine. Free from fear and with a joyful heart, behold once again this form of mine.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा; स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः। आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं; भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥६-३३-५०॥
ityarjunaṁ vāsudevastathoktvā; svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ। āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṁ; bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā ॥6-33-50॥
[इति (iti) - thus; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; तथा (tathā) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; स्वकम् (svakam) - own; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - showed; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; आश्वासयामास (āśvāsayāmāsa) - consoled; च (ca) - and; भीतम् (bhītam) - frightened; एनम् (enam) - him; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - becoming; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; सौम्यवपुः (saumyavapuḥ) - gentle form; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul;]
(Thus, having spoken to Arjuna, Vasudeva showed his own form again. And consoled the frightened one, becoming again a gentle form, the great soul.)
Thus, Vasudeva, after speaking to Arjuna, reverted to his original form and comforted the frightened Arjuna by assuming his gentle form once more.
अर्जुन उवाच॥
arjuna uvāca॥
[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Arjuna said:)
Arjuna said:
दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन। इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥६-३३-५१॥
dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdana। idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ ॥6-33-51॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; इदं (idaṃ) - this; मानुषं (mānuṣam) - human; रूपं (rūpam) - form; तव (tava) - your; सौम्यं (saumyam) - gentle; जनार्दन (janārdana) - Janardana; इदानीम् (idānīm) - now; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; संवृत्तः (saṃvṛttaḥ) - restored; सचेताः (sacetāḥ) - conscious; प्रकृतिं (prakṛtim) - nature; गतः (gataḥ) - gone to;]
(Having seen this human form of yours, O gentle Janardana, now I am restored to consciousness and have returned to my nature.)
Seeing your gentle human form, O Janardana, I am now restored to my senses and have returned to my natural state.
श्रीभगवानुवाच॥
śrībhagavānuvāca॥
[श्री (śrī) - auspicious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(The auspicious Lord said:)
The Blessed Lord spoke:
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम। देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥६-३३-५२॥
sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama। devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ॥6-33-52॥
[सुदुर्दर्शम् (sudurdarśam) - very difficult to see; इदं (idaṃ) - this; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; दृष्टवानसि (dṛṣṭavānasi) - you have seen; यत् (yat) - which; मम (mama) - my; देवाः (devāḥ) - gods; अपि (api) - also; अस्य (asya) - of this; रूपस्य (rūpasya) - form; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः (darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ) - desiring to see;]
(This form of mine, which you have seen, is very difficult to see. Even the gods always desire to see this form.)
The form you have witnessed is exceedingly rare to behold. Even the gods eternally yearn to witness this form.
नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया। शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥६-३३-५३॥
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā। śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ॥6-33-53॥
[न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; वेदैः (vedaiḥ) - by the Vedas; न (na) - not; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; न (na) - not; दानेन (dānena) - by charity; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; इज्यया (ijyayā) - by sacrifice; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; एवंविधः (evaṃvidhaḥ) - in this form; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to be seen; दृष्टवानसि (dṛṣṭavānasi) - you have seen; माम् (mām) - me; यथा (yathā) - as; ॥६-३३-५३॥ (॥6-33-53॥) - (verse 6-33-53);]
(Not by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by charity, nor by sacrifice, can I be seen in this form as you have seen me.)
I cannot be seen in this form through the Vedas, austerity, charity, or sacrifice, as you have seen me.
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन। ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥६-३३-५४॥
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna। jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ॥6-33-54॥
[भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - by devotion; त्व (tva) - you; अनन्यया (ananyayā) - unwavering; शक्य (śakya) - possible; अहम् (aham) - I; एवंविधः (evaṃvidhaḥ) - in this form; अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know; द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see; च (ca) - and; तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly; प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter; च (ca) - and; परन्तप (parantapa) - O conqueror of enemies;]
(By devotion, you can know, see, and truly enter into Me in this form, O Arjuna, O conqueror of enemies.)
Through unwavering devotion, you, O Arjuna, can truly know, see, and enter into My essence, O conqueror of enemies.
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः। निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ॥६-३३-५५॥
matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ। nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava ॥6-33-55॥
[मत्कर्मकृत् (matkarmakṛt) - one who performs actions for Me; मत्परमः (matparamaḥ) - considering Me as the Supreme; मद्भक्तः (madbhaktaḥ) - My devotee; सङ्गवर्जितः (saṅgavarjitaḥ) - free from attachment; निर्वैरः (nirvairaḥ) - without malice; सर्वभूतेषु (sarvabhūteṣu) - towards all beings; यः (yaḥ) - who; सः (saḥ) - he; माम् (mām) - to Me; एति (eti) - comes; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pāṇḍu;]
(One who performs actions for Me, considers Me as the Supreme, is My devotee, free from attachment, without malice towards all beings, he comes to Me, O son of Pāṇḍu.)
O son of Pāṇḍu, one who acts for Me, regards Me as the Supreme, is devoted to Me, free from attachments and without enmity towards all beings, he reaches Me.
