Chapter 11 · Verse 31 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.31
Sanskrit
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद। विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
Transliteration
ākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpo namo ’stu te deva-vara prasīda vijñātum ichchhāmi bhavantam ādyaṁ na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛittim
In plain words
When life becomes too big to understand—when you can't see why your marriage is breaking, why the job didn't come through, why your child is suffering, why you're still waiting for healing—you stand exactly where Arjuna stood: at the edge of your own understanding, terrified and lost. The lesson for you: bow. Not in defeat, but in honest admission that some things are beyond your mind's ability to solve, and that's not weakness—that's the beginning of real trust.
Word by Word
Arjuna stands at the threshold between knowledge and mystery, having glimpsed the cosmic form, and now asks Krishna to reveal the nature of this terrible, awesome manifestation. ' When we encounter the infinite within ourselves—through meditation, grace, or crisis—we too must bow and ask for mercy, recognizing that comprehension of the divine requires not just intellect but surrender and divine compassion.
In our modern lives, this means acknowledging the limits of our understanding when facing life's overwhelming mysteries, and turning inward with genuine humility rather than grasping.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.31 — BG 11.31
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