Chapter 11 · Verse 27 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.27
Sanskrit
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि। केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
Transliteration
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni kecid vilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
In plain words
You are watching everything you love slip away—your health, your marriage, your certainty about tomorrow—and it feels like annihilation. The lesson for you: what you're seeing is true, and it's not a punishment; it's the nature of time itself, devouring all forms equally, even the brightest ones. The part of you that cannot be devoured—your deepest self—was never touched.
Word by Word
Arjuna witnesses the cosmic devouring—the relentless destruction that underlies all creation, where even the mightiest warriors are consumed by Time itself. This is not cruelty but the immutable law of existence: all forms arise and dissolve in the eternal play of Brahman.
When we truly see this vision, our resistance to change dissolves, and we find freedom not by escaping death, but by recognizing that the Self within us was never born and can never die. In modern life, this teaches us to release our grip on permanence—our possessions, our status, our very identities—and to act with full commitment while holding lightly to outcomes.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.27 — BG 11.27
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