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Chapter 11 · Verse 43 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.43

devotional Attachment & Letting Go Bhakti & Devotion Self & Identity

Sanskrit

पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्। न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव।।11.43।।

Transliteration

pitāsi lokasya charācharasya tvam asya pūjyaśh cha gurur garīyān na tvat-samo ’sty abhyadhikaḥ kuto ’nyo loka-traye ’py apratima-prabhāva

In plain words

When everything feels out of control—when your marriage is breaking, your child is suffering, your body is failing, your debts won't disappear—you are clinging to the illusion that you alone must hold it all together. The lesson for you: there is a power infinitely greater than your worry, your guilt, your small effort, already holding you and everything you love. Your job is to stop fighting that truth and rest in it.

Word by Word

pitā the father
asi you are
lokasya of the entire universe
chara moving
acharasya nonmoving
tvam you
asya of this
pūjyaḥ worshipable
cha and
guruḥ spiritual master
garīyān glorious
na not
tvat-samaḥ equal to you
asti is
abhyadhikaḥ greater
kutaḥ who is?
anyaḥ other
loka-traye in the three worlds
api even
apratima-prabhāva possessor of incomparable power
Simplified Perspective

In this moment of supreme revelation, Arjuna recognizes what the wisest have always known: Krishna is the source and sustainer of all existence—the eternal father of moving and nonmoving creation, worthy of worship, and the greatest teacher of truth. He transcends all comparison, his power immeasurable across the three worlds and beyond.

When we glimpse this truth within our own being—that we too are expressions of the infinite consciousness—we move from fear and doubt into the unshakeable ground of our own divinity.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.43 — BG 11.43

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

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