Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 47
श्रीभगवानुवाच । मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् । तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम्
śrībhagavānuvāca | mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt | tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃ yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam
Translation
By Me, gracious to thee, O Arjuna, this Supreme Form has been shown, — by My sovereign power — full of splendour, the All, the Boundless, the Original Form of Mine, never before seen by any other than thyself.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- mayā
- by me
- prasannena
- (by) pleased
- tava
- (to) thee
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- idam
- this
- rūpam
- form
- param
- highest
- darśitam
- (been) shown
- ātmayogāt
- of Self, from the yoga
- tejomayam
- made of light
- viśvam
- the universe
- anantam
- endless
- ādyam
- first
- yat
- which
- me
- (of) me
- tvadanyena
- from (thou) thee, by another
- na
- not
- dṛṣṭapūrvam
- seen before
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
The Lord praises that Form on the ground that 'Thou (Arjuna) shouldst be considered to have attained all thy ends by this vision of My Form.'