Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 45

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे। तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।

adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛiṣhito ’smi dṛiṣhṭvā bhayena cha pravyathitaṁ mano me tad eva me darśhaya deva rūpaṁ prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa

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Word Meanings

adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam—that which has not been seen before
hṛiṣhitaḥ—great joy
asmi—I am
dṛiṣhṭvā—having seen
bhayena—with fear
cha—yet
pravyathitam—trembles
manaḥ—mind
me—my
tat—that
eva—certainly
me—to me
darśhaya—show
deva—Lord
rūpam—form
prasīda—please have mercy
deva-īśha—God of gods
jagat-nivāsa—abode of the universe
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Translation

I am delighted, having seen something never seen before; yet my mind is distressed with fear. Show me that form only, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode of the universe.

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Commentary

11.45 अदृष्टपूर्वम् what was never seen before? हृषितः delighted? अस्मि (I) am? दृष्ट्वा having seen? भयेन with fear? च and? प्रव्यथितम् is distressed? मनः mind? मे my? तत् that? एव only? मे to me? दर्शय show? देव O God? रूपम् form? प्रसीद have mercy? देवेश O Lord of the gods? जगन्निवास O Aboe of the universe.Commentary For an ordinary man the Cosmic Form (Vision) is overwhelming and terrifying but

for a Yogi it is encouraging? strengthening and soulelevating.Arjuna says The Cosmic Form was never before seen by me. Show me only that form which Thou wearest as my friend.

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