Verses 11.35–11.40
सञ्जय उवाच | एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमान: किरीटी | नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीत: प्रणम्य
sañjaya uvāca etacchrutvā vacanaṁ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī / namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṁ sagadgadaṁ bhītabhītah praṇamya / / 11.35
Sañjaya said: Having heard this speech of Keśava, the crowned Arjuna with joined palms, trembling, prostrating himself, again addressed Kṛṣṇa, voice choking, bowing down, overwhelmed with fear.
अर्जुन उवाच | स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च | रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घा:
arjuna uvāca sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣy atyanurajyate ca / rakṣāṁsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ / / 11.36
Arjuna says: O Hṛṣīkeśā, it is but right that the world delights and rejoices in Your praise. Rākṣasas fly in fear in all directions and all hosts of sages bow to You.
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन् गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे | अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास त्वमक्षरं सदसतत्परं यत्
kasmācca te na nameran mahātman garīyase brahmaṇo’pyādikartre / ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa tvam akṣaraṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat / / 11.37
And why should they not bow to Thee, O great soul, greater than all else, the Creator of even Brahma the Creator. O Lord of Lords, O infinite Being, O Abode of the Universe, You are the imperishable, that which is beyond both seen and the unseen.
त्वमादिदेव: पुरुष: पुराण- स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् | वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम त्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇas tvamasya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam / vettāsi vedyaṁ ca paraṁ ca dhāma tvayā tataṁ viśvam ananta rūpa / / 11.38
You are the primal God, the ancient Being, the supreme refuge of the universe. You are the knower and the One to be known. You are the supreme abode. O Being of infinite forms, by You alone is the universe pervaded.
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुण: शशाङ्क: प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च | नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्व: पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते
vāyur yamo’gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca / namo namaste’stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ punaśca bhūyo’pi namo namaste / / 11.39
You are Vāyu, Yama, Agni, Varuṇa, the moon, Prājapati and the greatgrandfather of all. Salutations unto You a thousand times and again, salutations unto You!
नम: पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व | अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्व:
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭataste namo’stu te sarvata eva sarva / ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato’si sarvaḥ / / 11.40
Salutations to You, before and behind! Salutations to You on every side! O All! Infinite in power and Infinite in prowess, You are everything and everywhere.
Viśvarūpa Darśan Yogaḥ Krsna: The Cosmic Window 841 ... Arjuna now reaches the third stage of his perception of Kṛṣṇa’s Cosmic form. In the first stage, Arjuna’s expectations of the glorious Universal form of Kṛṣṇa were fulfilled. He saw Kṛṣṇa the way He expected: with His crown, discus and mace, with Brahma rising on a lotus flower from Viṣṇu’s navel. Even as he was getting used to the enormity of the vision that he beheld, Arjuna found this form replaced by a terrible, all-devouring form of Kṛṣṇa that filled Arjuna with fear. Arjuna cries out: ‘Who are you? Why are you here?’ Kṛṣṇa explains who He is; that He is the all-devouring time.
Still overcome with fear, but recovering from the primal fear that had overcome him a few moments ago, Arjuna now surrenders himself to Kṛṣṇa. Arjuna is so overwhelmed by the fearsome sight of Kṛṣṇa as Mahākāla, devouring everything around Him, and is so relieved to still be alive and coherent, that all Arjuna can do is to sing Kṛṣṇa’s praises. He no longer has any self-doubt in his mind about the Universal consciousness of Kṛṣṇa, who till a while ago was his friend and charioteer. Whatever names and descriptions he is aware of to address this Supreme being, he uses now. namaḥ purustād atha pṛṣṭḥastas te namo’stu te sarvata eva sarva I ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato ‘si sarvaḥ II 11.40 At this stage, Arjuna understands who Kṛṣṇa is.
He understands what Kṛṣṇa’s purpose is. Arjuna’s devotion is at its peak. He salutes Kṛṣṇa as the source of all beings, the creator of Brahma, who in turn created Prajāpati from whom all beings originated. He salutes Kṛṣṇa as the elements of Nature. Since Kṛṣṇa extends everywhere and there is no place where He is not present, Arjuna salutes Him in all directions. Arjuna now truly appreciates the unfathomable magnitude of Kṛṣṇa. Krsna, Yadava, My Friend