Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 45

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे । तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me | tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

Translation

I am delighted, having seen what was unseen before; and (yet) my mind is confounded with fear. Show me that form only, O God; have mercy, O God of Gods, O Abode of the Universe.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

adṛṣṭapūrvam

before, not, seen

hṛṣitaḥ

glad

asmi

(I) am

dṛṣṭvā

having seen

bhayena

with fear

ca

and

pravyathitam

distressed

manaḥ

mind

me

my

tat

that

eva

even

me

to me

darśaya

show

deva

O God

rūpam

form

prasīda

be pleased

deveśa

O Lord of Gods

jagannivāsa

O world-dwelling

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

What was unseen before: the Universal Form never before seen by me or anybody else. Therefore show me only that form (which Thou wearest) as my friend.