Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verse 47-55 from the Eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 47:

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदंरूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् |

तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यंयन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् || 47||

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchamayā prasannena tavārjunedaṁrūpaṁ paraṁ darśhitam ātma-yogāttejo-mayaṁ viśhvam anantam ādyaṁyan me tvad anyena na dṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam

🔴 The Lord said: Arjun, being pleased with you, by My Yogmaya power, I gave you a vision of My resplendent, unlimited, and primeval cosmic form. No one before you has ever seen it. || 47 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 48:

न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै-र्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रै: |

एवंरूप: शक्य अहं नृलोकेद्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर || 48||

na veda-yajñādhyayanair na dānairna cha kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥevaṁ-rūpaḥ śhakya ahaṁ nṛi-lokedraṣhṭuṁ tvad anyena kuru-pravīra

🔴 Not by study of the Vedas, nor by the performance of sacrifice, rituals, or charity, nor even by practicing severe austerities, has any mortal ever seen what you have seen, O best of the Kuru warriors. || 48 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 49:

मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावोदृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् |

व्यपेतभी: प्रीतमना: पुनस्त्वंतदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य || 49||

mā te vyathā mā cha vimūḍha-bhāvodṛiṣhṭvā rūpaṁ ghoram īdṛiṅ mamedamvyapeta-bhīḥ prīta-manāḥ punas tvaṁtad eva me rūpam idaṁ prapaśhya

🔴 Be neither afraid nor bewildered on seeing this terrible form of Mine. Be free from fear and with a cheerful heart, behold Me once again in My personal form. || 49 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 50:

सञ्जय उवाच |

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वास्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूय: |

आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनंभूत्वा पुन: सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा || 50||

sañjaya uvāchaity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvāsvakaṁ rūpaṁ darśhayām āsa bhūyaḥāśhvāsayām āsa cha bhītam enaṁbhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā

🔴 Sanjay said: Having spoken thus, the compassionate son of Vasudev displayed His personal (four-armed) form again. Then, He further consoled the frightened Arjun by assuming His gentle (two-armed) form. || 50 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 51:

अर्जुन उवाच |दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन |

इदानीमस्मि संवृत्त: सचेता: प्रकृतिं गत: || 51||

arjuna uvāchadṛiṣhṭvedaṁ mānuṣhaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdanaidānīm asmi saṁvṛittaḥ sa-chetāḥ prakṛitiṁ gataḥ

🔴 Arjun said: O Shree Krishna, seeing Your gentle human form (two-armed), I have regained my composure and my mind is restored to normal. || 51 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 52-53:

श्रीभगवानुवाच |सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम |

देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिण: || 52||

नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया |

शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा || 53||

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchasu-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mamadevā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥnāhaṁ vedair na tapasā na dānena na chejyayāśhakya evaṁ-vidho draṣhṭuṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi māṁ yathā

🔴 BG 11.52-53:

The Supreme Lord said: This form of Mine that you are seeing is exceedingly difficult to behold. Even the celestial gods are eager to see it. Neither by the study of the Vedas, nor by penance, charity, or fire sacrifices, can I be seen as you have seen Me. || 52-53 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 54:

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन |

ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप || 54||

bhaktyā tv ananyayā śhakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjunajñātuṁ draṣhṭuṁ cha tattvena praveṣhṭuṁ cha parantapa

🔴 O Arjun, by unalloyed devotion alone can I be known as I am, standing before you. Thereby, on receiving My divine vision, O scorcher of foes, one can enter into union with Me. || 54 ||

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 Verse 55:

मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्त: सङ्गवर्जित: |

निर्वैर: सर्वभूतेषु य: स मामेति पाण्डव || 55||

mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥnirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava

🔴 Those who perform all their duties for My sake, who depend upon Me and are devoted to Me, who are free from attachment, and are without malice toward all beings, such devotees certainly come to Me. || 55 ||