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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11

Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga

The Vision of the Universal Form

The Gita's overwhelming centrepiece: Arjuna receives divine sight and beholds the Universal Form — all worlds, all gods, all time in one body. Terror and adoration, the revelation "I am Time," and the gentle return to the beloved human face.

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Gita 11.1-4oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārju…Arjuna said: By the supreme secret concerning the Self which You have spoken for my blessing, my delusion is gone. The o…Gita 11.5-8paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtī…The Blessed Lord said: Behold, O Partha, My forms by the hundreds and thousands, divine, of many kinds, of many colours …Gita 11.9-12evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ | darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśv…Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, O King, the great Lord of yoga, Hari, showed to Partha His supreme sovereign form: wit…Gita 11.13-14tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā | apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍ…There, in the body of the God of gods, the son of Pandu beheld the whole universe standing as one, yet divided into many…Gita 11.15-16paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān | brahmāṇamīśaṃ kam…Arjuna said: I see all the gods in Your body, O God, and hosts of all kinds of beings; Brahma the lord seated on the lot…Gita 11.17-19kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam | paśyāmi tvāṃ durni…I see You with crown, mace, and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, hard to look upon, blazing all around lik…Gita 11.20-22dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ | dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ r…This space between heaven and earth and all the quarters are filled by You alone; seeing this, Your wondrous and terribl…Gita 11.23-25rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam | bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrāk…Seeing Your great form of many mouths and eyes, O mighty- armed one, of many arms, thighs, and feet, of many bellies, te…Gita 11.26-30amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ …All these sons of Dhritarashtra, with hosts of kings, Bhishma, Drona, and that son of a charioteer, together with our ow…Gita 11.31ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo namo'stu te devavara prasīda | vijñātumicchāmi bhav…Tell me who You are, of form so fierce. Salutations to You, O best of gods; be gracious. I desire to know You, the Prima…Gita 11.32kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ | ṛte'pi tvāṃ na bha…The Blessed Lord said: I am Time, the mighty destroyer of worlds, engaged here in annihilating the worlds. Even without …Gita 11.33tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham | mayaiv…Therefore arise and win glory; conquering your foes, enjoy a prosperous kingdom. By Me alone have they already been slai…Gita 11.34droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca karṇaṃ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān | mayā hatāṃs…Slay Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and the other warrior heroes, already slain by Me. Do not waver; fight, and you …Gita 11.35etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī | namaskṛtvā bhūya evāh…Sanjaya said: Hearing these words of Keshava, the crowned one, trembling, with joined palms, bowed down; stammering and …Gita 11.36-40sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagatprahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca | rakṣāṃsi bhītāni d…Arjuna said: Rightly, O Hrishikesha, the world rejoices and delights in Your praise; the demons flee terrified in all di…Gita 11.41-42sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti | ajānatā mahimān…Whatever I rashly said from carelessness or affection, ‘O Krishna! O Yadava! O friend!’, thinking of You as my companion…Gita 11.43-44pitāsi lokasya carācarasya tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān | na tvatsamo'styabhya…You are the father of this world, of the moving and unmoving; You are its object of worship and its greatest teacher. No…Gita 11.45-46adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me | tadeva me darśa…Having seen what was never seen before, I am glad, yet my mind is distraught with fear. Show me that form, O God; be gra…Gita 11.47-48mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt | tejomayaṃ viśvamana…The Blessed Lord said: Graciously, O Arjuna, by My own yoga-power I have shown you this supreme form, radiant, universal…Gita 11.49mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam | vyapetabhīḥ prī…Be no more afraid nor bewildered, having seen this terrible form of Mine. Free from fear, glad at heart, behold again th…Gita 11.50-51ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ | āśvāsayāmāsa ca …Sanjaya said: Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Vasudeva showed again His own form; the great soul, becoming once more the g…Gita 11.52-54sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama | devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanak…The Blessed Lord said: Very hard to see is this form of Mine which you have beheld; even the gods ever long to see this …Gita 11.55matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ | nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa mā…One who does My work, who holds Me as supreme, who is My devotee, free from attachment, without enmity toward any being,…

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1Arjuna Vishada YogaThe Yoga of Arjuna's Despair 2Sankhya YogaThe Yoga of Knowledge 3Karma YogaThe Yoga of Action 4Jnana Karma Sanyasa YogaKnowledge & Renunciation of Action 5Karma Sanyasa YogaThe Yoga of Renunciation 6Dhyana YogaThe Yoga of Meditation 7Jnana Vijnana YogaKnowledge of the Absolute 8Akshara Brahma YogaThe Imperishable Absolute 9Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaThe Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret 10Vibhuti YogaThe Yoga of Divine Glories 11Vishvarupa Darshana YogaThe Vision of the Universal Form 12Bhakti YogaThe Yoga of Devotion 13Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaThe Field & the Knower of the Field 14Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Gunas 15Purushottama YogaThe Supreme Person 16Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaThe Divine & Demonic Natures 17Shraddhatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Kinds of Faith 18Moksha Sanyasa YogaLiberation through Renunciation