11.50 He took on his gentle shape Sanjaya speaks
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा
ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā
svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśhayām āsa bhūyaḥ
āśhvāsayām āsa cha bhītam enaṁ
bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā
Having said this to Arjuna, Krishna showed again his own form, and consoled the frightened one, taking on once more his gentle shape.
Explanation
And he took on his gentle shape.
saumya-vapuḥ — the kindly body. Krishna showed his own form again and consoled the frightened one.
Sanjaya's word is consoled. The chapter's climax is not the vision; it is a man being comforted afterwards by the friend he apologised to.
Word by word
- sañjayaḥ uvācha
- Sanjay said
- iti
- thus
- arjunam
- to Arjun
- vāsudevaḥ
- Krishna, the son of Vasudev
- tathā
- in that way
- uktvā
- having spoken
- svakam
- his personal
- rūpam
- form
- darśhayām āsa
- displayed
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- āśhvāsayām āsa
- consoled
- cha
- and
- bhītam
- frightened
- enam
- him
- bhūtvā
- becoming
- punaḥ
- again
- saumya-vapuḥ
- the gentle (two-armed) form
- mahā-ātmā
- the compassionate
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