Chapter 11 · Verse 20 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.20
Sanskrit
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः। दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
Transliteration
dyāv ā-pṛithivyor idam antaraṁ hi vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśhaśh cha sarvāḥ dṛiṣhṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedaṁ loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman
In plain words
You feel so small right now—trapped in your own worry, your own skin, your own impossible situation. But the lesson here: you are held within something infinitely larger than your fear, something that already knows and sustains every dimension of existence. When you sense even for a moment that you're not alone in this, that your pain matters within a vast interconnectedness, the stranglehold of anxiety loosens.
Word by Word
Sanjaya beholds the infinite form of Krishna pervading all of existence—heaven, earth, and the space between—all directions simultaneously occupied by his singular being. The three worlds tremble in awe and terror before this cosmic revelation, for they encounter the raw, undisguised power of divinity itself.
When we glimpse, even momentarily, the interconnectedness of all existence and our own place within it, we are shaken free from the illusion of separation that keeps us small and afraid.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.20 — BG 11.20
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