Chapter 11 · Verse 24 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.24
Sanskrit
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्। दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
Transliteration
nabhaḥ-spṛiśhaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśhāla-netram dṛiṣhṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā dhṛitiṁ na vindāmi śhamaṁ cha viṣhṇo
In plain words
When your world collapses—when the diagnosis comes, when the marriage breaks, when you see how small and powerless you really are—your mind will shake. This is not a sign you're failing; it's the sign that you're finally awake to what's real. The lesson for you: the peace you're looking for was never meant to come from understanding everything or controlling anything, but from standing naked before the truth and letting yourself be held by something infinitely larger than your fear.
Word by Word
Arjuna stands before the cosmic form of Krishna—a vision so vast and terrible that his ordinary mind shatters. The universe itself becomes a body: infinite mouths consuming, infinite eyes witnessing, colors that no earthly spectrum contains.
His inner trembling is not weakness but the soul's honest response to infinity—the small self meeting the Infinite. When the boundaries of our familiar world collapse, we discover that our peace was never meant to be found in certainty, but in surrender to what lies beyond our comprehension.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.24 — BG 11.24
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