11. Beholding the Form of God

Viśhwarūp Darśhan Yog

BG 11.43

For you are the father of all that moves and does not move in this world. You are its teacher and the one most worthy of reverence. In all the worlds, none are your equal - how could there possibly be anyone greater?

पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य
त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो
लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव



  • pitāsi — the father

  • lokasya — of the entire universe

  • charācharasya — moving and non-moving

    • chara — moving

    • acharasya — nonmoving

  • tvam — you

  • asya — of this

  • pūjyaśh — capable of worship

  • cha — and

  • gurur — spiritual master

  • garīyān — glorious

  • na — not

  • tvat-samo — equal to you

    • tvat

    • samo

  • ’sty — is
    asti

  • abhyadhikaḥ — greater

  • kuto — who is

  • ’nyo — other

  • loka-traye — in the three worlds

    • loka — worlds

    • traye — three

  • ’py — even

  • apratima-prabhāva — possessor of incomparable power

    • apratima

    • prabhāva

...11.40

Whatever I have said to you inadvertently, addressing you as "Krishna", "Yadava", or "friend" in thoughtless familiarity, without understanding your true greatness

[41]

and whatever disrespect has been shown to you in jest, while playing, resting, sitting, or eating, whether alone or in the presence of others - I implore you for forgiveness.

[42]

For you are the father of all that moves and does not move in this world. You are its teacher and the one most worthy of reverence. In all the worlds, none are your equal - how could there possibly be anyone greater?

[43]

Therefore, bowing down and prostrating before you, I implore you for mercy and blessings. Forgive my faults like a father bears with a son, like a friend to a friend, and like a lover to their beloved.

[44]

I rejoice that I have seen what no man has ever seen before, yet I am overwhelmed with fear. Please be merciful and return to the form I know.

[45]

I wish to see you as you were before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, holding a discus in your hand, in your four-armed form.

[46]

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Chapter 11, Verse 43