Verset 11.24

नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥

11.24

Translittération

nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ

vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram |

dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā

dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

On seeing Thee (the Cosmic Form) touching the sky, shining in many colours, with mouths wide open, with large fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find neither courage nor peace, O Vishnu.

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Mot à mot

touching the sky
blazing
of many colours

with gaping mouths
with huge blazing eyes

seeing
indeed
you
shaken to the core

steadiness
not
I find
peace
and
O Vishnu

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Arjuna describes the form reaching to the sky, flashing in many colours, its mouths gaping and its eyes huge and burning. His innermost being is shaken, and he says he can find neither dhṛti, steadiness, nor śama, peace. These are exactly the qualities the Gita has been teaching him to cultivate. The vision strips them away, showing that unaided human composure cannot hold before such power. He calls Krishna Vishnu, recognising the god behind the form. The verse is a confession of complete inner disarray, which will lead him to plead for mercy.