Chapter 11 · Verse 5

Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God

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

Word Meanings

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

Language:

Translation

The Supreme Lord said: Behold, O Arjuna, My forms by the hundreds and thousands—diverse, divine, and of countless colors and shapes.

Commentary

पश्य behold? मे My? पार्थ O Partha? रूपाणि forms? शतशः by hundreds? अथ and? सहस्रशः by thousands? नानाविधानि of different sorts? दिव्यानि divine? नानावर्णाकृतीनि of various colours and shapes? च and.Commentary 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.