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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga

Shloka 11.52

Lesson 466 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Encountering the universal form and limits of ordinary perception. What does the universal vision reveal about the limits of ordinary perception?

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Shloka · Devanagari

श्री भगवानुवाचसुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchasu-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mamadevā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha+su-durdarśham+idam+rūpam+dṛiṣhṭavān asi+yat+mama+devāḥ+api+asya+rūpasya+nityam+darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ

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Meaning of each word

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchasource form

the Supreme Lord said

su-durdarśhamsource form

exceedingly difficult to behold

idamsource form

this

rūpamsource form

form

dṛiṣhṭavān asisource form

that you are seeing

yatsource form

which

mamasource form

of mine

devāḥsource form

the celestial gods

apisource form

even

asyasource form

this

rūpasyasource form

form

nityamsource form

eternally

darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥsource form

aspiring to see

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।11.52।। --,सुदुर्दर्शं सुष्ठु दुःखेन दर्शनम् अस्य इति सुदुर्दर्शम्? इदं रूपं दृष्टवान् असि यत् मम? देवाः अपि अस्य मम रूपस्य नित्यं सर्वदा दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः दर्शनेप्सवोऽपि न त्वमिव दृष्टवन्तः? न द्रक्ष्यन्ति च इति अभिप्रायः।।कस्मात् --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 11.52

Course position466 / 701

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