Chapter 11 · Verse 40 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.40
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
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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