Bhagavad Gita 11.46 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“I want to see you as before.”
What it means
“I want to see you as before, with your crown, mace and disc in hand. Take your four-armed form again, you of a thousand arms and universal form.”
The original Sanskrit
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव । तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastaṃ icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte
Translations
Literal translation
I want to see You just as before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, and holding a disc in hand. O You with thousand arms, O You of Cosmic form, appear with that very form with four hands.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
मैं आपको उसी प्रकार मुकुटधारी, गदा और चक्र हाथ में लिए हु ए देखना चाहता हूँ। हे विश्वमूर्ते! हे सहस्रबाहो! आप उस चतुर्भुजरूप के ही बन जाइए।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 11.47Krishna says: “Out of love, Arjuna, I used my own power to show you this supreme, radiant, infinite, original form. No one but you has ever seen it.”