Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 51

|| श्रीमद्भगवद्‌ गीता  11.51 ||

Chapter 11 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga · Bhakti Yoga

Sanskrit verse

अर्जुन उवाच दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन। इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः।।11.51।।

Transliteration

arjuna uvācha dṛiṣhṭvedaṁ mānuṣhaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana idānīm asmi saṁvṛittaḥ sa-chetāḥ prakṛitiṁ gataḥ

Word meanings

arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; dṛiṣhṭvā—seeing; idam—this; mānuṣham—human; rūpam—form; tava—your; saumyam—gentle; janārdana—he who looks after the public, Krishna; idānīm—now; asmi—I am; saṁvṛittaḥ—composed; sa-chetāḥ—in my mind; prakṛitim—to normality; gataḥ—have become

English translation

Arjuna said, "Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and have been restored to my own nature."

Translation by Swami Sivananda

Hindi meaning

।।11.51।। अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे जनार्दन! आपके इस सौम्य मनुष्य रूप को देखकर अब मैं शांतचित्त हुआ अपने स्वभाव को प्राप्त हो गया हूँ।।  

Hindi rendering by Swami Tejomayananda

English meaning

Arjuna said: Seeing You in Your gentle human form, my Lord, I am myself again, calm once more.

Shri Purohit Swami

Arjuna said, "On seeing this gentle human form of Yours, O Janardana, I have now regained my nature and collected my thinking faculty."

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Detailed explanation

Arjuna says to Lord Krishna O Lord, I now behold Thy human form. Now my thoughts are collected and I am serene. I can speak. My senses perform their proper functions. My fear has vanished. Thou hast treated me as a mother would treat her erring child whom she embraces and nurses. Just as the calf rejoices when it beholds its mother who was missing for some days, so also I rejoice now when I behold Thy gentle form. I have drunk the nectar. Now I am alive.

Commentary by Swami Sivananda

Hindi commentary

।।11.51।। देशकालातीत वस्तु को ग्रहण तथा अनुभव करने के लिए आवश्यक पूर्व तैयारी के अभाव के कारण अकस्मात् समष्टि के इतने विशाल विराट् रूप को देखकर स्वाभाविक है कि अर्जुन भय और मोह से ग्रस्त हो गया था। परन्तु यहाँ वह स्वीकार करता है कि भगवान् के शान्त? सौम्य मनुष्य रूप को देखकर वह शान्तचित्त होकर अपने स्वभाव को प्राप्त हो गया है।अब भगवान् स्वयं ही ईश्वर की भक्ति का वर्णन अगले श्लोक में करते हैं।

Swami Chinmayananda

।।11.51।। व्याख्या--'दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन'--आपके मनुष्यरूपमें प्रकट होकर लीला करनेवाले रूपको देखकर गायें, पशु-पक्षी, वृक्ष, लताएँ आदि भी पुलकित हो जाती हैं (टिप्पणी प0 613), ऐसे सौम्य द्विभुजरूपको देखकर मैं होशमें आ गया हूँ, मेरा चित्त स्थिर हो गया है--'इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः' 'सचेताः', विराट्रूपको देखकर जो मैं भयभीत हो गया था, वह सब भय अब मिट गया है, सब व्यथा चली गयी है और मैं अपनी वास्तविक स्थितिको प्राप्त हो गया हूँ -- 'प्रकृतिं गतः।' यहाँ सचेताः कहनेका तात्पर्य है कि जब अर्जुनकी दृष्टि भगवान्की कृपाकी तरफ गयी, तब अर्जुनको होश आया और वे सोचने लगे कि कहाँ तो मैं और कहाँ भगवान्का विस्मयकारक विलक्षण विराट्रूप ! इसमें मेरी कोई योग्यता, अधिकारिता नहीं है। इसमें तो केवल भगवान्की कृपा-ही-कृपा है।  सम्बन्ध--अर्जुनकी कृतज्ञताका अनुमोदन करते हुए भगवान् कहते हैं --

Swami Ramsukhdas

Key teachings

  • Arjuna says to Lord Krishna O Lord, I now behold Thy human form.
  • Now my thoughts are collected and I am serene.
  • My senses perform their proper functions.

Spiritual significance

In Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga (Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God), this verse belongs to the Gita’s teaching on bhakti yoga. Here the text presents that teaching through these words: Arjuna said, "Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and have been restored to my own nature."

This verse sits inside Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, part of the Gita’s Bhakti Yoga section.

Practical application

Now my thoughts are collected and I am serene.

Questions about this verse

What is Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 51 about?

Chapter 11, verse 51 is part of Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga. In the English translation used on this page, it says: Arjuna said, "Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and have been restored to my own nature."

What is the spiritual context of this verse?

It appears in Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, a chapter associated with Bhakti Yoga. The cosmic form.