Chapter 11 · Verse 30 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.30
Sanskrit
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो।।11.30।।
Transliteration
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣhṇo
In plain words
When you feel powerless against forces larger than yourself—a disease advancing, a marriage dissolving, a debt consuming you, a child suffering—you are touching the truth that Arjuna touched: there are powers at work that no individual will can control. The lesson for you: you are not separate from this vast, terrible unfolding; you are held within it, and your smallness is not weakness but clarity. Stop fighting to be the master of outcomes that were never yours to master, and find your real strength in what you can actually do today.
Word by Word
Arjuna beholds the cosmic form where Krishna's fierce mouths consume all worlds, his radiance filling creation itself—this is the terrible beauty of divine omnipotence, the reality that all existence emerges from and returns to the Supreme. The Vedas teach that Brahman alone is real, and in this moment Arjuna witnesses the dissolution of separateness itself.
When life's circumstances feel overwhelming or when we glimpse the vastness of forces beyond our control, remember that you are not separate from this cosmic dance—you are held within it, sustained by the very power that devours and recreates worlds.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.30 — BG 11.30
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