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BG 11.46 — 11.46 I desire to see Thee as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Thy former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic | Live Gita
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किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव |
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ||११-४६||

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastaṃ icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva . tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte ||11-46||


।।11.46।। मैं आपको उसी प्रकार मुकुटधारी, गदा और चक्र हाथ में लिए हुए देखना चाहता हूँ। हे विश्वमूर्ते! हे सहस्रबाहो! आप उस चतुर्भुजरूप के ही बन जाइए।।

Word-by-word meanings

11.46 किरीटिनम् wearing crown? गदिनम् bearing a mace? चक्रहस्तम् with a discus in the hand? इच्छामि (I) desire? त्वाम् Thee? द्रष्टुम् to see? अहम् I? तथैव as before? तेनैव that same? रूपेण of form? चतुर्भुजेन (by) fourarmed? सहस्रबाहो O thousandarmed? भव be? विश्वमूर्ते O Universal Form.Commentary Arjuna says O Lord in the Cosmic Form I do not know where to turn and to whom to address myself. I am frightened. I am longing to see Thee with conch? discus? mace and lotus. Withdraw Thy Cosmic Form.

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।11.46।।मैं आपको वैसे ही अर्थात् पहलेहीकी भाँति शिरपर मुकुट धारण किये? हाथोंमें गदा और चक्र लिये हुए देखना चाहता हूँ। जब कि यह बात है तो हे सहस्रबाहो हे विश्वमूर्ते अर्थात् वर्तमानविश्वरूपसे ( युक्त ) भगवन् आप उसी अपने वसुदेवपुत्ररूप चतुर्भुजस्वरूपसे युक्त होइये। अर्थात् इस विश्वरूपका उपसंहार करके आप वसुदेवपुत्र -- श्रीकृष्णके स्वरूपसे स्थित होइये।,

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Swami Gambirananda

11.46 I want to see You just as before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, and holding a disc in hand. O You with thousand arms, O You of Cosmic form, appear with that very form with four hands.

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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