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BG 11.5 — 11.5 The Blessed Lord said Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colours and shapes. | Live Gita
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श्रीभगवानुवाच |
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः |
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||११-५||

śrībhagavānuvāca . paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ . nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ||11-5||


।।11.5।। श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- हे पार्थ ! मेरे सैकड़ों तथा सहस्रों नाना प्रकार के और नाना वर्ण तथा आकृति वाले दिव्य रूपों को देखो।।

Word-by-word meanings

11.5 पश्य behold? मे My? पार्थ O Partha? रूपाणि forms? शतशः by hundreds? अथ and? सहस्रशः by thousands? नानाविधानि of different sorts? दिव्यानि divine? नानावर्णाकृतीनि of various colours and shapes? च and.Commentary Divyani Divine supernatural.Satasah? Sahasrasah By the hundreds and thousands -- countless.O Arjuna? I want you to behold the Cosmic Form. All beings and entities are there. The fat and the lean? the short and the tall? the red and the black? the active and the passive? the rich and t

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।11.5।।अर्जुन इस प्रकार प्रेरित हुए श्रीभगवान् बोले --, हे पार्थ तू मेरे सैकड़ोंहजारों अर्थात् अनेकों रूपोंको देख? जो कि नाना प्रकारके भेदवाले और दिव्य अर्थात् देवलोकमें होनेवाले -- अलौकिक हैं तथा नाना प्रकारके वर्ण और आकृतिवाले हैं अर्थात् जिनके नील? पीत आदि नाना प्रकारके वर्ण और अनेक आकारवाले अवयव हैं? ऐसे रूपोंको देख।

Swami Gambirananda

11.5 The Blessed Lord said O son of Prtha, behold My forms in (their) hundreds and in thousands, of different kinds, celestial, and of various colours and shapes.

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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