Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11 · Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.46 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
श्लोक 11.46
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastaṃ
icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva |
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena
sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte ||
हिन्दी अर्थ
मैं आपको पहले की तरह मुकुट पहने, हाथों में गदा और चक्र लिए देखना चाहता हूँ। हे सहस्रबाहो! हे विश्वमूर्ते! आप उसी चतुर्भुज रूप में प्रकट होइए।
Meaning in English
I wish to see you just as before, wearing a crown, holding mace and discus in your hands. O thousand-armed one, O Cosmic Form, take again that four-armed form.
Bhagavad Gita 11.46 — word by word
| Word | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| किरीटिनम् | kirīṭinam | crowned |
| गदिनम् | gadinam | bearing a mace |
| चक्रहस्तम् | cakra-hastam | discus in hand |
| इच्छामि | icchāmi | I wish |
| त्वाम् | tvām | you |
| द्रष्टुम् | draṣṭum | to see |
| अहम् | aham | I |
| तथा एव | tathā eva | just as before |
| तेन एव | tena eva | in that very |
| रूपेण | rūpeṇa | form |
| चतुर्भुजेन | catur-bhujena | four-armed |
| सहस्रबाहो | sahasra-bāho | O thousand-armed one |
| भव | bhava | become |
| विश्वमूर्ते | viśva-mūrte | O universal form |
Explanation
I wish to see you as before, crowned, bearing mace and discus in hand. O thousand-armed one, O universal form, take on again that four-armed form. Arjuna asks specifically for the four-armed form of Vishnu. He longs for a form of the Lord he can bear to look upon and love.
The request raises a question commentators have long discussed: why four-armed, when Krishna appeared as a man with two arms? Ramanuja and many Vaishnava teachers hold that the four-armed form is Krishna's own divine form, which Arjuna had perhaps seen or known of. Others, including Shankara, simply take it as the gentle form of Vishnu, contrasted with the thousand-armed cosmic form. Many readers understand 11.50 and 11.51 to mean that Krishna showed the four-armed form and then returned to his human form.
भावार्थ
मैं आपको पहले की तरह मुकुट पहने, गदा और चक्र हाथ में लिए देखना चाहता हूँ। हे सहस्रबाहो, हे विश्वमूर्ते, आप उसी चतुर्भुज रूप में प्रकट होइए। अर्जुन वह सौम्य रूप चाहते हैं जिसे वे सह सकें और प्रेम कर सकें।
Living it today
Choose a form of the Divine — an image, a name, a practice — that you can love and return to daily.
Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita 11.46?
I wish to see you as before, crowned, bearing mace and discus in hand. O thousand-armed one, O universal form, take on again that four-armed form. Arjuna asks specifically for the four-armed form of Vishnu. He longs for a form of the Lord he can bear to look upon and love.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 11.46?
Arjuna speaks this verse, in Chapter 11 (Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga) of the Bhagavad Gita.
How can I apply Bhagavad Gita 11.46 in daily life?
Choose a form of the Divine — an image, a name, a practice — that you can love and return to daily.
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