Bhagavad Gita 11.45 Meaning: Adrishtapurvam hrishitosmi

Bhagavad Gita 11.45

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपम् प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥

Adrishtapurvam hrishitosmi drishtva bhayena cha pravyathitam mano meTadeva me darshaya deva rupam prasida devesha jagannivasa

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito’smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me |tadeva me darśaya deva rūpam prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||

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Our explanation Arjuna says he is glad to have seen what was never seen before, and yet his mind is shaken with fear. He asks Krishna to show him that same form of his again, and to be gracious: Lord of gods, home of the universe.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि जो पहले कभी नहीं देखा गया था, उसे देखकर वे हर्षित हैं, और फिर भी उनका मन भय से व्यथित है। वे कृष्ण से विनती करते हैं कि वे उन्हें अपना वही रूप फिर दिखाएँ, और प्रसन्न हों: हे देवेश, हे जगन्निवास।

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अदृष्टपूर्वम् adṛṣṭapūrvam · what was never seen before (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-dṛṣṭa-pūrva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 18, col. 3 “never seen before”
हृषितः hṛṣitaḥ · glad, thrilled (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: hṛṣita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 2 “cheerful, glad, happy”
अस्मि asmi · am (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
दृष्ट्वा dṛṣṭvā · having seen (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
भयेन bhayena · with fear (noun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 1 “fear, alarm, dread, apprehension”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
प्रव्यथितम् pravyathitam · shaken (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-vyathita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 694, col. 2 “affrighted, distressed, pained”
मनः manaḥ · mind (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
मे me · "my" (Arjuna's) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
एव eva · same, just (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
मे me · to "me" (Arjuna) (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
दर्शय darśaya · show (causative imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
देव deva · O God (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
रूपम् rūpam · form (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 3 “form, shape, figure”
प्रसीद prasīda · be gracious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: pra-sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 696, col. 3 “to become satisfied or pleased or glad, be gracious or kind”
देवेश deveśa · O Lord of gods (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: deveśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 495, col. 2 “‘chief of the g°,’ N. of Brahmā or Vishṇu or Śiva or Indra”
जगन्निवास jagannivāsa · O refuge of the world (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: jagan-nivāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 2 “‘world-abode,’ Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa”

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