Chapter 11 · The Universal Form

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 11.50

सञ्जय उवाच इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूय: आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुन: सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा

sañjaya uvācha ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśhayām āsa bhūyaḥ āśhvāsayām āsa cha bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (18 words)

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Having spoken thus to Arjuna, Vāsudeva showed His own form again; and assuming once more His gentle shape, the great soul comforted him in his fear. Saumya-vapuḥ — the gentle body. The word is the point of the whole chapter.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Saumya-vapuḥ — the gentle body. That word is the point of the chapter.