Verse 11.51

दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन ।

इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥

11.51

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdana |

idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Arjuna said Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and am restored to my own nature.

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Word by word

seeing
this
human
form
your
gentle
O Janardana

now
I am
become
composed
normal state
returned to

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna speaks briefly, and with relief. Seeing Krishna's gentle human form, he has become sacetāḥ, collected in mind, and has returned to his normal condition. The word human (mānuṣa) is important: whatever the four-armed form may have been, Arjuna now sees the familiar figure of his friend and charioteer. His composure comes back once he can look at Krishna in a form he can relate to. The verse shows the value of the gentle, approachable form. The infinite revealed truth; the human form makes it possible to live with that truth.