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BG 11.45 — 11.45 I am delighted, having seen what has never been seen before; and yet my mind is distressed with fear. Show me that (previous) form only, O God; have | Live Gita
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अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे |
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-४५||

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito.asmi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me . tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||11-45||


।।11.45।। मैं आपके इस अदृष्टपूर्व रूप को देखकर हर्षित हो रहा हूँ और मेरा मन भय से अतिव्याकुल भी हो रहा हैं। इसलिए हे देव! आप उस पूर्वकाल को ही मुझे दिखाइये। हे देवेश! हे जगन्निवास! आप प्रसन्न होइये।।

Word-by-word meanings

11.45 अदृष्टपूर्वम् what was never seen before? हृषितः delighted? अस्मि (I) am? दृष्ट्वा having seen? भयेन with fear? च and? प्रव्यथितम् is distressed? मनः mind? मे my? तत् that? एव only? मे to me? दर्शय show? देव O God? रूपम् form? प्रसीद have mercy? देवेश O Lord of the gods? जगन्निवास O Aboe of the universe.Commentary For an ordinary man the Cosmic Form (Vision) is overwhelming and terrifying but for a Yogi it is encouraging? strengthening and soulelevating.Arjuna says The Cosmic Form was neve

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।11.45।।आपके जिस विश्वरूपको मैंने या अन्य किसीने पहले कभी नहीं देखा? ऐसे पहले न देखे हुए इस रूपको देखकर मैं हर्षित हो रहा हूँ। तथा साथ ही मेरा मन भयसे व्याकुल भी हो रहा है। इसलिये हे देव मुझे अपना वही रूप दिखलाइये जो मेरा मित्ररूप है। हे देवेश हे जगन्निवास आप प्रसन्न होइये। जगत्के निवासस्थानका नाम जगन्निवास है।

Swami Gambirananda

11.45 I am delighted by seeing something not seen heretofore, and my mind is stricken with fear. O Lord, show me that very form; O supreme God, O Abode of the Universe, be gracious!

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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