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Verse 11.45

Speaker: Arjuna

Sanskrit

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे | तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||४५||

Transliteration (IAST)

adṛṣṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛṣito 'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṁ mano me | tad eva me darśaya deva rūpaṁ prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa ||45||

Word-by-Word Meanings

adṛṣṭa-pūrvam-never seen before

hṛṣitaḥ-delighted

bhayena-with fear

pravyathitam-disturbed

manaḥ-mind

tat eva-that same

darśaya-show

rūpam-form

prasīda-be gracious

deveśa-O Lord of gods

Translation

I am delighted having seen what was never seen before, yet my mind is disturbed with fear. Show me that same familiar form, O God. Be gracious, O Lord of gods, O refuge of the universe.

Commentary

Arjuna experiences simultaneous joy and terror - delighted at the unprecedented vision yet overwhelmed by its fearsome aspect. He requests Krishna's familiar four-armed or two-armed form. Ramanuja notes that this is not a rejection of the cosmic form but an acknowledgment of human limitation in sustaining such vision.

Themes

bhaktisurrender