Chapter 11, Verse 15
Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun said; paśhyāmi—I behold; devān—all the gods; tava—your; deva—Lord; dehe—within the body; sarvān—all; tathā—as well as; bhūta viśheṣha-saṅghān—hosts of different beings; brahmāṇam—Lord Brahma; īśham—Shiv; kamala-āsana-stham—seated on the lotus flower; ṛiṣhīn—sages; cha—and; sarvān—all; uragān—serpents; cha—and; divyān—divine
English translation
Arjuna said, "O God, I see all the gods in Your body, as well as hosts of various classes of beings, Brahma the Lord seated on the lotus, all the sages, and the celestial serpents."
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Arjuna describes his own experience of the Cosmic Form in this and the following verses; 15 to 31. Bhutaviseshasanghan Hosts of various classes of beings; both animate and inanimate. These numerous entities are in Thy Cosmic Form; like hairs on the human body. Brahma; the fourfaced; the Lord of all creatures; is seated in the centre of the earthlotus on the Meru which forms the thalamus as it were of the earthlotus. Sages; such as Vasishtha. Serpents; such as Vasuki. Moreover --
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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