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Chapter 11 · Verse 39 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.39

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Sanskrit

वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च। नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते।।11.39।।

Transliteration

vāyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ śhaśhāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaśh cha namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛitvaḥ punaśh cha bhūyo ’pi namo namas te

Word by Word

vāyuḥ the god of wind
yamaḥ the god of death
agniḥ the god of fire
varuṇaḥ the god of water
śhaśha-aṅkaḥ the moon-God
prajāpatiḥ Brahma
tvam you
prapitāmahaḥ the great-grandfather
cha and
namaḥ my salutations
namaḥ my salutations
te unto you
astu let there be
sahasra-kṛitvaḥ a thousand times
punaḥ cha and again
bhūyaḥ again
api also
namaḥ (offering) my salutations
namaḥ te offering my salutations unto you
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna stands trembling before the infinite form, recognizing in Krishna's being all the gods, all the forces of creation itself—wind, death, fire, water, moon, Brahma, the primordial ancestor. This is not intellectual knowledge but direct seeing: the Divine contains all powers, all beings, all time.

When you glimpse this truth—that the sacred pervades every force in existence—the only authentic response is prostration, again and again, with a heart broken open by grace. In your own life, this means recognizing the Divine presence operating through every challenge, every person, every breath.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.39 — BG 11.39

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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