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Chapter 11 · Verse 5 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.5

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Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाच पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।

Transliteration

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paśhya me pārtha rūpāṇi śhataśho ’tha sahasraśhaḥ nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛitīni cha

Word by Word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha the Supreme Lord said
paśhya behold
me my
pārtha Arjun, the son of Pritha
rūpāṇi forms
śhataśhaḥ by the hundreds
atha and
sahasraśhaḥ thousands
nānā-vidhāni various
divyāni divine
nānā various
varṇa colors
ākṛitīni shapes
cha and
Simplified Perspective

Krishna invites Arjuna into the infinite, revealing that the Divine is not confined to a single form but expresses itself through endless manifestations — each one equally real, equally sacred. The Godhead transcends our categories of shape and color, yet willingly takes them on so that finite consciousness can touch the infinite.

When you encounter the vastness of existence — in nature, in others, in the unexpected moments that crack open your small self — you are beholding this same multiplicity that Krishna shows Arjuna, an invitation to expand your vision of what is sacred.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.5 — BG 11.5

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

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