11.45 Show me the other form Arjuna speaks
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास
adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛiṣhito ’smi dṛiṣhṭvā
bhayena cha pravyathitaṁ mano me
tad eva me darśhaya deva rūpaṁ
prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa
I am glad to have seen what was never seen before, and my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that other form of yours, lord of gods, refuge of the world; have mercy.
Explanation
Glad, and shaken.
I am glad to have seen what was never seen before — and my mind is shaken with fear.
Both, in one line, without resolution. And then the request: show me that other form. He does not regret asking; he cannot stay in the answer.
Word by word
- adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam
- that which has not been seen before
- hṛiṣhitaḥ
- great joy
- asmi
- I am
- dṛiṣhṭvā
- having seen
- bhayena
- with fear
- cha
- yet
- pravyathitam
- trembles
- manaḥ
- mind
- me
- my
- tat
- that
- eva
- certainly
- me
- to me
- darśhaya
- show
- deva
- Lord
- rūpam
- form
- prasīda
- please have mercy
- deva-īśha
- God of gods
- jagat-nivāsa
- abode of the universe
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