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Bhagavad Gita

by Poojya Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
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Chapter 11, Verse 35
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Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: – Revealing the Universal FormVerse 35

सञ्जय उवाच ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमान: किरीटी ।
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीत: प्रणम्य ॥

English Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca
etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir-vepamāna: kirīṭī
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ
sagadgadaṃ bhīta-bhīta: praṇamya – 11.35

Translation

Sanjaya said: After hearing these words of Keshava (Krishna), trembling Kiriti (Arjuna), prostrating again with folded hands, told Krishna fearfully with choked voice:

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Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: – Revealing the Universal Form - Verse 35

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Commentary

Hearing Krishna present the all-powerful devastating Time, fear overpowers Arjuna. He could hardly imagine such a colossal destruction to be a craft of inexorable Time itself. “Where do I stand then,” Arjuna wondered, “all thoughts of my merit, will and wish are of no avail at all. I am but a cog in the wheel of Time.” Thinking of Krishna’s role in this powerful process, Arjuna’s voice is choked, head is bent, hands are folded. He prostrates again and again before the Universal form.

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