THE GITA, CHAPTER 11

“AS A BLESSING TO ME, THE PROFOUNDEST SECRETS, KNOWN AS THE WISDOM OF THE

SUPREME-SELF, WERE SPOKEN BY THEE, DELUSION, REMOVING FROM ME. “ ARJUNA, TO KRISHNA, VERSE 1, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THE ORIGIN AND DISSOLUTION OF BEINGS, HAS BEEN HEARD OF IN DETAIL BY ME, FROM THEE, O LOTUS PETAL EYED ONE, AND

THE GREATNESS OF

THINE, ETERNAL.“ ARJUNA, TO KRISHNA, VERSE 2, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THUS, THAT THOU SAYEST, ABOUT THYSELF,

O SUPREME

GOD, I DESIRE TO SEE, OF THEE, THE FORM, BEAUTEOUS, O THE SUPREME SPIRIT. “ ARJUNA, TO KRISHNA, VERSE 3, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“IF YOU THINK IT IS POSSIBLE, FOR ME TO SEE,

O LORD,

THE GOD OF YOGA, THEN, ALLOW ME TO BEHOLD,

THY ETERNAL SELF. “ ARJUNA, TO KRISHNA, VERSE 4, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“BEHOLD OF ME, ARJUNA, FORMS, A HUNDRED, RATHER, A THOUSAND, VARIOUS,

DIVINE,

OF VARIOUS COLOURS, AND SHAPES. “ KRISHNA, TO ARJUNA, VERSE 5, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“BEHOLD THE ADITYAS, VASUS, RUDRAS, THE TWO ASVINS, THE MARUTS AS WELL, SEVERAL, NEVER BEHELD BEFORE,

THE WONDERS, BEHOLD, O DESCENDENT OF BHARATA.“ - KRISHNA, TO ARJUNA, VERSE 6, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“AS ONE, STANDING HERE, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, BEHOLD, EVERYTHING MOBILE AND IMMOBILE, WITHIN MY BODY, O DENSE HAIRED ONE, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU DESIRE TO SEE.“ -KRISHNA, TO ARJUNA, VERSE 7, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“AS IT ISN’T ABLE FOR YOU TO SEE, WITH THINE OWN EYES, DIVINE EYES I GIVE THEE, BEHOLD THE YOGIC GLORY OF MINE. “ -KRISHNA, TO ARJUNA, VERSE 8, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THUS HAVING SPOKE, O KING,

THE GREAT GOD OF YOGA, HARI, REVEALED TO ARJUNA,

HIS SUPREME FORM, BEAUTEOUS. “ -

-

SANJAYA, TO KING DHRATARASHTRA, NARRATING WHAT HE IS WINTESSING IN THE BATTLE FIELD OF KURKSHETRA, VERSE 9, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“OF MULTITUDINOUS MOUTHS AND EYES, OF MULTITUDINOUS WONDEROUS SIGHTS, OF MULTITUDIONOUS DIVINE ORNAMENTS,

AND OF MULTITUDINOUS WEAPONS UPLIFTED. “ -

SANJAYA, TO KING DHRATARASHTRA, NARRATING WHAT HE IS WINTESSING IN THE BATTLE FIELD OF KURKSHETRA, VERSE 10, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“IN THE SKY A THOUSAND SUNS, AS IF RISEN TOGETHER, AT ONCE, THAT BRIGHTNESS PERHAPS WOULD RESEMBLE, THE SPLENDOR THIS,

OF THE GREAT SELF. “ -

SANJAYA, TO KING DHRATARASHTRA, NARRATING WHAT HE IS WINTESSING IN THE BATTLE FIELD OF KURKSHETRA, VERSE 12, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THERE STANDING AS ONE, THE UNIVERSE ENTIRE, DIVIDED IN MULTITUDINOUS ASPECTS, ARJUNA, THE SON OF PANDU, BEHELD IN THE BODY, OF -

THE GOD OF GODS.

“

SANJAYA, TO KING DHRATARASHTRA, NARRATING WHAT HE IS WINTESSING IN THE BATTLE FIELD OF KURKSHETRA, VERSE 13, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THEN, STANDING IN AMAZEMENT, WITH HAIR STANDING ON ENDS,

ARJUNA, BOWING HIS HEAD TO THE LORD, WITH A REVERENT GESTURE SPAKE. “ -

SANJAYA, TO KING DHRATARASHTRA, NARRATING WHAT HE IS WINTESSING IN THE BATTLE FIELD OF KURKSHETRA, VERSE 14, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“I SEE THE GODS,

O GOD,

IN THY

BODY, ALL OF THEM, THE GATHERINGS OF BEINGS, THE GOD BRAHMA, ON THE LOTUS SEATED, THE SAGES ALL, AND SERPENTS DIVINE. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 15, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“OF MANY ARMS, STOMACHS,

FACES, EYES, I SEE THEE EVERYWHERE, IN INFINITE FORMS, NOT THE END, NOT THE MIDDLE, AND AGAIN NOT THE BEGINNING,

O LORD OF THE UNIVERSE, IN UNIVERSAL FORM.” - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 16, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

CROWNED,

“

ARMED WITH A CLUB, THE DISCUS, ENVELOPED IN SPLENDOUR, IN BRILLIANCE ON ALL SIDES, I SEE THEE, DIFFICULT TO BEHOLD ENTIRELY,

BLAZING IN INFINITE SPLENDOUR, AS THE BLAZING FIRE, AND THE SUN. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 17, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

THOU ART

“

THE ETERNAL, THE SUPREME OBJECT OF KNOWLEDGE, THE ULTIMATE ABODE OF THE UNIVERSE,

THOU ART THE IMPERISHABLE, THE ETERNAL DEFENDER OF THE LAW, PRIMORDIAL THOU, THE

PURUSHA, I UNDERSTAND AS. “- ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 18, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

WITHOUT BEGINNING, A MIDDLE, NOR AN END, OF INFINITE “

VIGOUR, WITH INNUMERABLE ARMS, THE SUN AND THE MOON AS EYES, I SEE THY BLAZING OBLATIONFIRED MOUTH,

AND IN THYSELF’S SPLENDOUR BURNS THIS UNIVERSE. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 19, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“THE SPACE THIS, BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH, IS PERVADED BY THEE ALONE, IN DIRECTIONS ALL, SEEING THIS AMAZING FORM,

FORMIDABLE, OF THINE,

THE THREE WORLDS TREMBLE, O GREAT SELF. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 20, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“YONDER, INDEED,

THE THRONGS OF GODS ENTER THEE, SOME

TERRIFIED, WITH

REVERENT GESTURES PRAISE THEE,

‘HAIL,’ SAYS THE THRONGS OF SAGES AND PEREFECTED BEINGS, AS THEY PRAISE THEE, IN PRAISES ABUNDANT. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 21, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

THE RUDRAS,

“

THE ADITYAS, THE VASUS, AND THE SADHYAS, THE VISHVE GODS, THE TWO ASHWINS, THE MARUTS, AND THE VAPOUR DRINKERS,

THE THRONGS OF GANDARVAS, YAKSHAS, ASURA, AND THE

PERFECTED ONES, THEY BEHOLD THEE, IN AMAZEMENT, ALL.” - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 22, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

GREAT OF THEE,

“

THIS FORM, OF SEVERAL MOUTHS AND EYES, O MIGHTY ARMED ONE, THE FORM OF SEVERAL ARMS, THIGHS AND FEET,

SEVERAL STOMACHS, SEVERAL TERRIFYING TUSKS, HAVING SEEN,

THE WORLDS

TREMBLE, AND SO DO I.

“

- ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 23, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

“TOUCHING THE SKY, BLAZING, OF VARIED COLORS, OF GAPING MOUTH, BLAZING, OF ENROMOUS EYES,

AND JUST HAVING SEEN THEE, TREMBLES MY INNER SELF, NEITHER FIRMNESS NOR TRANQUILITY DO I FIND, O VISHNU.“ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 24, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

BEARING MANY TUSKS, “

OF THEE, THE FACES, AS THE FIRES OF TIME, HAVING SEEN, DIRECTIONS I DO NOT KNOW, AND NEITHER DO I FIND ANY EASE,

HAVE MERCY , O THE LORD OF GODS, IN WHOM THE UNIVERSE DWELLS. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 25, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

YONDER TO THEE, FLOW, “

THE SONS OF DHRATARASHTRA , AND THE THRONGS OF THE WORLDS RULERS, BHISHMA, DRONA, KARNA, THUS,

YONDER, TOGETHER, AND THE CHIEF WARRIORS OF OURS. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 26, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

INTO THY MOUTHS, THEY “

FLOW, WITH TUSKS, FEARFUL, SOME CLINGING IN BETWEEN THE TEETH, WITH CRUSHED HEADS, ARE THEY SEEN. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 27, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

AS THE TORRENT

“

OF SEVERAL RIVERS, TOWARD THE OCEAN THEY FLOW, THUS, YONDER, THE WORLD’S HEROES,

INTO THY BLAZING MOUTHS ENTER. “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 29, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

AS INSECTS IN BURNING FLAME, “

THEY ENTER,

TO THEIR

DESCRUCTION, WITH GREAT SPEED, THUS TO THEIR DESTRUCTION

THE WORLDS, ENTER

SWIFTLY, TO THY MOUTHS, “ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 29, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

THOU LICKEST,

“

DEVOURING FROM ALL SIDES,

THE WORLDS ALL, WITH BLAZING MOUTHS,

THE SPLENDOUR FILLING THE UNIVERSE, ENTIRELY,

RADIANCE, TERRIFYING , BURNS, O VISHNU!” - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 30, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.

WHO THOU ART, TELL ME,

“

THEE OF

TERRIFYING FORM,

REVERENCE TO THEE, O GREATEST OF GODS, HAVE MERCY!,

I WISH TO UNDERSTAND YOU, O

THE PRIMORDIA L ONE, I TRULY DO NOT COMPREHEND YOUR WORKING.”

“ - ARJUNA TO KRISHNA, VERSE 31, CHAPTER 11, THE GITA.