BG 11.52
Bhagavad Gītā · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yogaश्रीभगवानुवाच | सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम | देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ||११-५२||
śrībhagavānuvāca . sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama . devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||11-52||
Linguistic facts
unnamed meter · 7+16+16 syllables
scansion (laghu/guru)
18 words analyzed
- श्रीभगवानुवाचśrībhagavānuvācaunknown
- सुत्sut← सुnominal · nominative singular masculine
- उस्us← उnominal · nominative singular masculine
- दर्शम्darśam← दृश्nominal · accusative singular masculine
- इदम्idam← इदम्indeclinable
- रूrū← रुnominal · nominative dual masculine
- उपम्upam← वप्nominal · accusative singular masculine
- दृष्टवान्dṛṣṭavān← दृश्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- असिasi← अस्verb · present second singular active (√as)
- यत्yat← यत्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- ममmama← माverb · perfect second plural active (√mā)
- देवास्devās← देवnominal · nominative plural masculine
- अप्यस्यapyasya← अप्यnominal · genitive singular masculine
- रूrū← रुnominal · nominative dual masculine
- उप्up← वप्nominal · nominative singular masculine
- अस्यasya← अnominal · genitive singular masculine
- नित्यम्nityam← नित्यnominal · accusative singular masculine
- दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणस्darśanakāṅkṣiṇas← दर्शनकाङ्क्षिन्nominal · nominative plural masculine
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Translations
11.52 The Blessed Lord said Very hard indeed it is to see this form of Mine which thou hast seen. Even the gods are ever longing to behold it.
source ↗8 more attributed translations
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, this form of Mine you are now seeing is very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so dear.
11.52. The Bhagavat said This form of Mine, which you have just observed is extremely difficult to observe; even gods are always curious of observing this form.
11.52 Lord Shri Krishna replied: It is hard to see this vision of Me that thou hast seen. Even the most powerful have longed for it in vain.
11.52 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.
11.52 The Lord said This form of Mine which you have seen, and which has the whole universe under control, which is the foundation of all and which forms the origin of all - this cannot be beheld by any one. Even the gods ever long to see this form; but they have not seen it. Why? Sri Krsna says:
11.52 Idam, this; rupam, form; mama, of Mine; yat, which; drstavan, asi, you have seen is; sudur-darsam, very difficult to see. Api, even; the devah, gods; are nityam, ever; darsana-kanksinah, desirous of a vision; asya, of this; rupasya, form of Mine. The idea is that though they want to see, they have not seen in the way you have, nor will they see! Why so?
11.52 The Lord said It it very hard to behold this form of Mine which you have seen. Even the gods ever long to behold this form.
11.52 The Blessed Lord said This form of Mine which you have seen is very difficult to see; even the gods are ever desirous of a vision of this form.
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