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Bhagavad Gita · 11.5 · Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God·5 of 55

श्री भगवानुवाच पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paśhya me pārtha rūpāṇi śhataśho

’tha sahasraśhaḥ nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛitīni cha

Sanskrit recitation

Show me your form · 11.1–11.8 · Scene

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."

Meaning

Divyani Divine supernatural.Satasah, Sahasrasah By the hundreds and thousands -- countless.O Arjuna, I want you to behold the Cosmic Form. All beings and entities are there. The fat and the lean, the short and the tall, the red and the black, the active and the passive, the rich and the poor, the intelligent and the dull, the healthy and the sick, the noisy and the silent, those that are awake, those that are asleep, the beautiful and the ugly, and all grades of beings with their distinctive marks are all there. The blueness of the sky, the yellowness of the silk, the redness of the twilight, the blackness of the coal, the whiteness of the snow, and the greenness of the leaves will be seen by you. You will also behold the objects of various shapes.

After Swami Sivananda

Show me your form· 11.1–11.8→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
the Supreme Lord said
paśhya
behold
me
my
pārtha
Arjun, the son of Pritha
rūpāṇi
forms
śhataśhaḥ
by the hundreds
atha
and
sahasraśhaḥ
thousands
nānā-vidhāni
various
divyāni
divine
nānā
various
varṇa
colors
ākṛitīni
shapes
cha
and

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