Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhagavadgītā pārāyaṇa - ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

(Srimad Bhagavad Gita Parayanam - Chapter 11 in English (IAST))

From Mahabharata (attributed to Vyasa)

The eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, known as Vishwaroopadarshana Yoga, depicts the awe-inspiring moment when Lord Krishna reveals His magnificent cosmic form to Arjuna. This profound revelation demonstrates the Lord as the source of all existence and the controller of time and destruction. By chanting or contemplating these verses, devotees seek to transcend their limited ego, cultivate unwavering devotion, and attain a direct vision of the Divine. Regular recitation is believed to grant spiritual clarity, purge internal confusion, and deepen one's surrender to the Supreme Being amidst the complexities of worldly life.

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

viśvarūpasandarśanayogaḥ arjuna uvāca

madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasañjñitam |
yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho'yaṃ vigato mama ||1||
bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā |
tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam ||2||
evametadyathā''ttha tvam ātmānaṃ parameśvara |
draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpam aiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||3||
manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho |
yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayātmānamavyayam ||4||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ |
nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ||5||
paśyādityānvasūnrudrān aśvinau marutastathā |
bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata ||6||
ihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram |
mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyat draṣṭumicchasi ||7||
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva svacakṣuṣā |
divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram ||8||

sañjaya uvāca

evamuktvā tato rājan mahāyogeśvaro hariḥ |
darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram ||9||
anekavaktranayanam anekādbhutadarśanam |
anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham ||10||
divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam |
sarvāścaryamayaṃ devam anantaṃ viśvatomukham ||11||
divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā |
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syāt bhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ||12||
tatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā |
apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā ||13||
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭaḥ hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ |
praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata ||14||

arjuna uvāca

paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān |
brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanastham ṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān ||15||
anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ paśyāmi tvā sarvato'nantarūpam |
nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃ paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa ||16||
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam |
paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantāt dīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam ||17||
tvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam |
tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā sanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me ||18||
anādimadhyāntamanantavīryam anantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram |
paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam ||19||
dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ |
dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃ lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman ||20||
[rūpamidaṃ tavograṃ]
amī hi tvā surasaṅghā viśanti kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti |
svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ ||21||
rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyāḥ viśve'śvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca |
gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghāḥ vīkṣante tvāṃ vismitāścaiva sarve ||22||
rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktra netraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam |
bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā'ham ||23||
nabhaḥ spṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram |
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ||24||
daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni |
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||25||
amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ |
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathā'sau sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ ||26||
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni |
kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ||27||
yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti |
tathā tavāmī naralokavīrāḥ viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti ||28||
yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgāḥ viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ |
tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokāḥ tavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ ||29||
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāt lokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ |
tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||30||
ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpaḥ namo'stu te devavara prasīda |
vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim ||31||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddhaḥ lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ |
ṛte'pi tvā na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ||32||
tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūnbhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham |
mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin ||33||
droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca karṇaṃ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān |
mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān ||34||

sañjaya uvāca

etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī |
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya ||35||

arjuna uvāca

sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagatprahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca |
rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ ||36||
kasmācca te na nameranmahātman garīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre |
ananta deveśa jagannivāsa tvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat ||37||
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ tvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam |
vettā'si vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa ||38||
vāyuryamo'gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca |
namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ punaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste ||39||
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva |
anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ ||40||
sakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃ he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti |
ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃ mayā pramādātpraṇayena vā'pi ||41||
yaccāpahāsārthamasatkṛto'si vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu |
eko'thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃ tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam ||42||
pitāsi lokasya carācarasya tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān |
na tvatsamo'styabhyadhikaḥ kuto'nyaḥ lokatraye'pyapratimaprabhāva ||43||
tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃ prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam |
piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum ||44||
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me |
tadeva me darśaya devarūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||45||
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastam icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva |
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte ||46||
śrī bhagavānuvāca -
mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt |
tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam ||47||
na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānaiḥ na ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ |
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke draṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra ||48||
mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvaḥ dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam |
vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃ tadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya ||49||

sañjaya uvāca

ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ |
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṃ bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā ||50||

arjuna uvāca

dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdana |
idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ ||51||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama |
devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||52||
nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā |
śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ||53||
bhaktyā tvananyayā śakyaḥ ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna |
jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ||54||
matkarmakṛnmatparamaḥ madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ |
nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava ||55||
|| oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ
yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde viśvarūpasandarśanayogo nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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