February 28, 2013
Concluding the series on the Lord's vishwarūpa, we now come to Arjuna's declaration:
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे |
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-४५||
adR^iShTapUrva.n hR^iShito.asmi dR^iShTvA
bhayena cha pravyathitaM mano me .
tadeva me darshaya deva rUpaM
prasIda devesha jagannivAsa .. 11\-45..
I am delighted, having seen what was never seen before; and (yet) my mind is distressed with fear. Show me your previous form only, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode of the Universe.
Like Arjuna, if this journey leaves you fascinated, bewitched, puzzled, dis-satisfied and yet wanting to know more, Param Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji has conveyed his sympathies in his commentary, The Holy Geeta:
मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो
दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् |
व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं
तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ||११-४९||
mA te vyathA mA cha vimUDhabhAvo
dR^iShTvA rUpaM ghoramIdR^iN^.hmamedam.h .
vyapetabhIH prItamanAH punastva.n
tadeva me rUpamidaM prapashya .. 11\-49..
Be not afraid, nor bewildered on seeing such a terrible-Form of Mine as this; with your fear dispelled and with gladdened heart, now behold again this Form of Mine.
We're in good company. Yashoda maiya swooned at the vision of the Lord's cosmic form. Arjuna trembled and pleaded with the Lord to return to his chaturbhuja rūpa, his divine but familiar form with the conch, disc, mace and lotus. We simply have to turn to our own altar and invoke that feeling of अद्भुतम् (wonder) at the fascinating, always available विशवरूप, the cosmic form of the infinite form available at our very own finger tips.
Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post
PS: Picture shown above is of the altar at the 2012 Singapore Gita Jayanti. This years' Gita havan in Singapore is on March 24th.
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे |
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ||११-४५||
adR^iShTapUrva.n hR^iShito.asmi dR^iShTvA
bhayena cha pravyathitaM mano me .
tadeva me darshaya deva rUpaM
prasIda devesha jagannivAsa .. 11\-45..
I am delighted, having seen what was never seen before; and (yet) my mind is distressed with fear. Show me your previous form only, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode of the Universe.
Like Arjuna, if this journey leaves you fascinated, bewitched, puzzled, dis-satisfied and yet wanting to know more, Param Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji has conveyed his sympathies in his commentary, The Holy Geeta:
A limited human intellect is not the instrument with which one can perceive in one sweep the Infinite majesty of the Universal-Form. It must necessarily stand staggered at the vastness of the concept and the significances of its sheer dimensions. That the Lord is the ONE dynamic Truth behind every organ of activity and in every existent thing is indicated here when Arjuna says "I SEE THEE OF BOUNDLESS FORM ON EVERY SIDE, WITH MANIFOLD ARMS, STOMACHS, MOUTHS AND EYES." This is not to be construed as a caricature of Truth. This warning is necessary for all hasty artists, who, inspired by the theme, generally rush to this field of thought, to represent this Cosmic Form with their brushes and colours. And they all but fail miserably!Śrī Kṛṣṇa in 11-49, provides a familiar reassurance:
मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो
दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् |
व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं
तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ||११-४९||
mA te vyathA mA cha vimUDhabhAvo
dR^iShTvA rUpaM ghoramIdR^iN^.hmamedam.h .
vyapetabhIH prItamanAH punastva.n
tadeva me rUpamidaM prapashya .. 11\-49..
Be not afraid, nor bewildered on seeing such a terrible-Form of Mine as this; with your fear dispelled and with gladdened heart, now behold again this Form of Mine.
We're in good company. Yashoda maiya swooned at the vision of the Lord's cosmic form. Arjuna trembled and pleaded with the Lord to return to his chaturbhuja rūpa, his divine but familiar form with the conch, disc, mace and lotus. We simply have to turn to our own altar and invoke that feeling of अद्भुतम् (wonder) at the fascinating, always available विशवरूप, the cosmic form of the infinite form available at our very own finger tips.
Hari Om and Namaskaar until the next post
PS: Picture shown above is of the altar at the 2012 Singapore Gita Jayanti. This years' Gita havan in Singapore is on March 24th.
Nice to see such a complex topic being explained in such simple language. Your posts are enlightening
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