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Chapter 11 · Verse 40 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.40

surrendering Bhakti & Devotion Self & Identity Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व। अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः।।11.40।।

Transliteration

namaḥ purastād atha pṛiṣhṭhatas te namo ’stu te sarvata eva sarva ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣhi tato ’si sarvaḥ

Word by Word

namaḥ offering salutations
purastāt from the front
atha and
pṛiṣhṭhataḥ the rear
te to you
namaḥ astu I offer my salutations
te to you
sarvataḥ from all sides
eva indeed
sarva all
ananta-vīrya infinite power
amita-vikramaḥ infinite valor and might
tvam you
sarvam everything
samāpnoṣhi pervade
tataḥ thus
asi (you) are
sarvaḥ everything
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna stands trembling before the Vishwaroopa—infinite in all directions, pervading everything, wielding power beyond measure. In this moment of overwhelming vision, he abandons the illusion of separateness and recognizes that Krishna alone is the substratum of existence itself.

When we truly perceive the divine reality underlying all manifestation, our petty resistances dissolve, and we surrender not from fear but from the recognition that there is nowhere to stand except in That which contains all. This surrender becomes the gateway to authentic freedom—when we stop fighting the current of reality and allow ourselves to be held by the infinite consciousness that moves through all things.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.40 — BG 11.40

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

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