Arjuna
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम् । पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvatodīptimantam | paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantā ddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam ||
I see you crowned, carrying the mace and the discus, a mass of radiance shining in every direction. You are hard to look at, blazing all around with the brilliance of a burning fire and the sun, and beyond all measure.
Explanation Arjuna is describing the cosmic form (viśvarūpa) that Krishna has revealed to him. He sees familiar signs of Vishnu, the crown, mace and discus, inside a blinding radiance. The phrase "beyond measure" (aprameya) means the form cannot be fully grasped by the mind or the senses.
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About the Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, in Sanskrit श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता (Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā ), “the song of the Lord”, is a dialogue of 18 chapters and 700 verses from the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, as the war is about to begin, the warrior Arjuna loses heart at the thought of fighting his own kin, and his charioteer Krishna answers him: on duty, on acting without attachment to the results, on knowledge, meditation and devotion. Sanjaya recounts the conversation to the blind king Dhritarashtra. The name is also written Bhagwad Gita, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagavat Gita or Bhagavad Geeta; with the honorific, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavad Gita or Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta; and often simply the Gita or Geeta.
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