Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Arjuna said

मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्।
यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥

madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam
yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho'yaṃ vigato mama

Out of kindness to me you have spoken the supreme secret, the knowledge of the Self, and by your words my delusion is gone.

भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥

bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā
tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam

I have heard from you in detail how beings come into existence and pass away, lotus-eyed one, and of your imperishable greatness.

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥

evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara
draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama

It is just as you have described yourself, supreme Lord. Yet I long to see your divine form, Supreme Person.

मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।
योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम् ॥

manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho
yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayā'tmānamavyayam

If you think I am able to see it, Lord, master of yoga, then show me your imperishable Self.

Krishna said

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥

paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca

Behold, Partha, my forms by the hundreds and the thousands: many kinds, divine, of many colours and shapes.

पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा।
बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याऽश्चर्याणि भारत ॥

paśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśvinau marutastathā
bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyā'ścaryāṇi bhārata

Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the twin Ashvins and the Maruts; behold many wonders never seen before, Bharata.

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥

ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram
mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchasi

Behold here today, Gudakesha, the whole universe, moving and unmoving, gathered in one place within my body, and whatever else you wish to see.

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा।
दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥

na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā
divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram

But you cannot see me with these eyes of yours. I give you divine sight: behold my sovereign yoga.

Sanjaya said

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥

evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ
darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram

Having spoken thus, O king, Hari, the great lord of yoga, showed Partha his supreme, sovereign form,

अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥

anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam
anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham

with countless mouths and eyes, countless wondrous sights, countless divine ornaments and countless raised divine weapons,

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्।
सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥

divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam
sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham

wearing divine garlands and robes, anointed with divine fragrances, all-wondrous, radiant, infinite, facing every direction.

तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा।
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥

tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā
apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā

There, in the body of the God of gods, Pandava then saw the whole universe, divided in many ways, gathered as one.

ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः।
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥

tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata

Then Dhananjaya, overwhelmed with wonder, his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the Lord and spoke with joined palms.

Arjuna said

पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे
सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्।
ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ
मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥

paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe
sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān
brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanastha
mṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān

I see in your body, O God, all the gods and the hosts of beings: Brahma the lord seated on the lotus, all the sages and the divine serpents.

अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं
पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्।
नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं
पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ॥

anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ
paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato'nantarūpam
nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃ
paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa

I see you with countless arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, infinite in form on every side. I see no end, no middle and no beginning of you, Lord of the universe, universal form.

किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च
तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्।
पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता
द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca
tejorāśiṃ sarvatodīptimantam
paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantā
ddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam

I see you with crown, mace and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, hard to look at, blazing all round like fire and sun, immeasurable.

त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं
त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।
त्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता
सनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ॥

tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ
tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam
tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā
sanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me

You are the imperishable, the supreme one to be known; you are the final resting place of this universe; you are the undying guardian of eternal dharma; you are, I believe, the eternal Person.

अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य
मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्।
पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम्
स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥

anādimadhyāntamanantavīrya
manantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram
paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktram
svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam

Without beginning, middle or end, of infinite power, with countless arms, the sun and moon your eyes, I see you, your mouth a blazing fire, burning this universe with your radiance.

द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि
व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।
दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं
लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥

dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi
vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ
dṛṣṭvā'dbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃ
lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman

The space between heaven and earth and all the directions are filled by you alone. Seeing this wondrous, terrible form of yours, great Self, the three worlds tremble.

अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घाः विशन्ति
केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति।
स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः
स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ॥

amī hi tvāṃ surasaṅghāḥ viśanti
kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti
svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ
stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ

These hosts of gods enter into you; some, afraid, praise you with joined palms. Bands of great sages and the perfected cry "Peace!" and praise you with abundant hymns.

रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या
विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च।
गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा
वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥

rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā
viśve'śvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca
gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghā
vīkṣante tvāṃ vismitāścaiva sarve

The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Vishvedevas, the Ashvins, the Maruts and the ancestors, and hosts of celestial musicians, yakshas, demons and the perfected all gaze at you in amazement.

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम् ॥

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ
mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam
bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā'ham

Seeing your great form, mighty-armed, with many mouths and eyes, many arms, thighs and feet, many bellies and terrible tusks, the worlds tremble, and so do I.

नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं
व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा
धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥

nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ
vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā
dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo

Seeing you touching the sky, blazing in many colours, mouths gaping, huge eyes burning, my inmost self trembles, Vishnu, and I find no courage and no peace.

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि
दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि।
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥

daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni
dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma
prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

Seeing your mouths with their terrible tusks, like the fires at the end of time, I lose all sense of direction and find no refuge. Be gracious, Lord of gods, refuge of the world.

अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः
सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः।
भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथाऽसौ
सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥

amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ
sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathā'sau
sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ

All these sons of Dhritarashtra, with the hosts of kings, Bhishma, Drona and Karna, together with the chief warriors on our side too,

वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति
दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु
संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥

vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni
kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu
saṃdṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ

rush headlong into your fearful mouths with their terrible tusks; some are seen caught between your teeth, their heads crushed to powder.

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखाः द्रवन्ति।
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥

yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ
samudramevābhimukhāḥ dravanti
tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā
viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti

As the many torrents of rivers race toward the ocean, so these heroes of the world of men enter your flaming mouths.

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा
विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः।
तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका
स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥

yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā
viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā
stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ

As moths rush into a blazing flame to their destruction, so these worlds rush into your mouths to their destruction.

लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता
ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः।
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantā
llokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ
tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ
bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo

Devouring all the worlds on every side with your flaming mouths, you lick your lips; your fierce rays fill the whole universe with radiance and scorch it, Vishnu.

आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो
नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।
विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं
न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥

ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo
namo'stu te devavara prasīda
vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ
na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim

Tell me who you are, with this terrible form. I bow to you, best of gods; be gracious. I wish to know you, the primal one, for I do not understand what you are doing.

तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व
जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्।
मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव
निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ॥

tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva
jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham
mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva
nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin

So stand up and win glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They have already been slain by me; be merely the instrument, you who can shoot with either hand.

द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च
कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।
मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा
युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ॥

droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca
karṇaṃ tathā'nyānapi yodhavīrān
mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā
yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān

Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and the other heroic warriors are already slain by me; kill them, do not waver. Fight, and you will conquer your rivals in battle.

Sanjaya said

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी।
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ॥

etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ
sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya

Hearing these words of Keshava, the crowned one, trembling, joined his palms and bowed; and bowing again, overcome with fear, he spoke to Krishna in a choked voice.

Arjuna said

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या
जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च।
रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति
सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ॥

sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā
jagat prahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca
rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti
sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ

It is right, Hrishikesha, that the world delights and rejoices in praising you; demons flee in fear in every direction, and all the hosts of the perfected bow down.

कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्
गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे।
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास
त्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥

kasmācca te na nameranmahātman
garīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre
ananta deveśa jagannivāsa
tvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat

And why should they not bow to you, great Self, greater even than Brahma, the first creator? Infinite Lord of gods, refuge of the world, you are the imperishable, being and non-being, and what lies beyond both.

त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण
स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्।
वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम
त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ॥

tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇa
stvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam
vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma
tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa

You are the first God, the ancient Person, the supreme resting place of this universe; you are the knower and what is to be known, the highest abode. By you the universe is pervaded, infinite form.

वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः
पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥

vāyuryamo'gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ
prajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca
namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ
punaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste

You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, Prajapati and the great-grandsire. Salutations to you, a thousand times salutations, and again and again salutations to you!

नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते
नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व।
अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं
सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ॥

namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste
namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva
anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ
sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ

Salutations to you in front and behind, salutations on every side, you who are all. Infinite in power, immeasurable in might, you pervade all, and so you are all.

सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं
हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।
अजानता महिमानं तवेदं
मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥

sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ
he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti
ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ
mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi

Thinking of you only as a friend, I rashly called you "Krishna! Yadava! Friend!", not knowing your greatness, out of carelessness or affection;

यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि
विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु।
एकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं
तत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥

yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto'si
vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu
eko'thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ
tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam

and if in jest I showed you disrespect, while playing, resting, sitting or eating, alone or in company, Achyuta, I ask forgiveness of you, the immeasurable.

पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य
त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्।
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो
लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥

pitāsi lokasya carācarasya
tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān
na tvatsamo'styabhyadhikaḥ kuto'nyo
lokatraye'pyapratimaprabhāva

You are the father of this world, of all that moves and does not move; you are its worshipful and most honoured teacher. There is none equal to you in the three worlds; how could there be any greater, you of incomparable power?

तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं
प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्।
पितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः
प्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥

tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ
prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ
priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum

So, bowing and laying my body down before you, I seek your grace, adorable Lord. As a father with his son, a friend with a friend, a lover with the beloved, please bear with me, O God.

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā
bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me
tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ
prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

I rejoice to have seen what was never seen before, yet my mind is shaken with fear. Show me, God, that other form of yours; be gracious, Lord of gods, refuge of the world.

किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त
मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahasta
micchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena
sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte

I wish to see you as before, with crown, mace and discus in hand. Take that four-armed form, thousand-armed one, universal form.

Krishna said

मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं
रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात्।
तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं
यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥

mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ
rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt
tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ
yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam

By my grace, Arjuna, through my own yoga, I have shown you this supreme form, radiant, universal, infinite and primal, which no one but you has ever seen.

न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै
र्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः।
एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके
द्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥

na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānai
rna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke
draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra

Not by the Vedas, nor by sacrifices, nor by study, nor by gifts, nor by rituals, nor by fierce austerities can I be seen in this form in the world of men by anyone but you, great hero of the Kurus.

मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो
दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम्।
व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं
तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ॥

mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo
dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam
vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃ
tadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya

Do not be afraid or bewildered at seeing this terrible form of mine. Free from fear and glad at heart, behold once more that form of mine.

Sanjaya said

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा
स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः।
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं
भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥

ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā
svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṃ
bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā

Having spoken thus to Arjuna, Vasudeva showed his own form again; and taking on his gentle form once more, the great-souled one comforted the frightened Arjuna.

Arjuna said

दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन।
इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥

dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tavasaumyaṃ janārdana
idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ

Seeing this gentle human form of yours, Janardana, I am composed again, and my mind is restored to its natural state.

Krishna said

सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama
devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

This form of mine that you have seen is very hard to see. Even the gods always long to see it.

नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया।
शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥

nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā
śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā

Not by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice can I be seen as you have seen me.

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्यमहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।
ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप ॥

bhaktyā tvananyayā śakyamahamevaṃvidho'rjuna
jñātuṃ dṛṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca paraṃtapa

But by undivided devotion, Arjuna, I can be known in this way, seen as I truly am, and entered into, scorcher of foes.