Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 46

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

Translation

I wish to see Thee as before, crowned, possessed of the club, with the discus in the hand, in Thy former form only, having four arms, O Thousand-armed, O Universal Form.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

kirīṭinam

crowned

gadinam

mace-bearing

cakrahastam

discus, in hand, whose, him

icchāmi

wish

tvām

Thee

draṣṭum

to see

aham

I

tathā

as (before)

eva

even

tena

(by) that

eva

even

rūpeṇa

by form

caturbhujena

four, arms, whose, by him

sahasrabāho

thousand, arms, whose, he

bhava

be

viśvamūrte

the universe, form, whose, he

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Thy former form: as the son of Vasudeva. Thousand-armed: referring to the Universal Form manifested at present. Withdrawing Thy Universal Form, do Thou put on Thy former one.