Bhagavad Gita 11.50: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 11.50
सञ्जय उवाच ।
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः ।आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनम् भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥
Ityarjunam vasudevastathoktva svakam rupam darshayamasa bhuyahAshvasayamasa cha bhitamenam bhutva punah saumyavapurmahatma
ityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ |āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenam bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā ||
Our explanation Sanjaya speaks. Having spoken so to Arjuna, he says, Vāsudeva showed his own form again; and the great one (mahātmā), taking a gentle form once more, comforted Arjuna, who had been afraid.
हिंदी अर्थ संजय बोलते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि अर्जुन से ऐसा कहकर वासुदेव ने फिर अपना रूप दिखाया; और महात्मा ने फिर से सौम्य रूप धारण करके डरे हुए अर्जुन को धीरज बँधाया।
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- इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
- अर्जुनम् arjunam · to Arjuna (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: arjuna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 90, col. 1
- वासुदेवः vāsudevaḥ · Vasudeva (Krishna) (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vāsudeva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 948, col. 2 “(fr. vasu-d°) patr. of Kṛishṇa”
- तथा tathā · so (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
- उक्त्वा uktvā · having said (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce”
- स्वकम् svakam · his own (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: svaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1278, col. 1 “one's own”
- रूपम् rūpam · form (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 3 “form, shape, figure”
- दर्शयामास darśayāmāsa · showed (causative periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
- भूयः bhūyaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: bhūyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 3 “once more, again, anew”
- आश्वासयामास āśvāsayāmāsa · comforted (causative periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ā-śvas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 2 “to encourage, comfort; to calm, console, cheer up”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- भीतम् bhītam · the frightened one (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 758, col. 1 “frightened, alarmed, terrified, timid”
- एनम् enam · him (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ena, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 1 “he, she, it; this, that”
- भूत्वा bhūtvā · having become (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to become, be”
- पुनः punaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: punar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 633, col. 2 “again, once more”
- सौम्यवपुः saumyavapuḥ · of gentle form (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: saumya-vapus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1254, col. 1 “having an agreeable form”
- महात्मा mahātmā · the great-souled one (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: mahātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 796, col. 1 “‘high-souled,’ magnanimous, having gr° or noble nature, high-minded, noble”
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Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 98.
Sañgaya said:
Having thus spoken to Arguna, Vâsudeva again showed his own form, and the high-souled one becoming again of a mild form, comforted him who had been affrighted.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 98.
Sañgaya said:
Having thus spoken to Arguna, Vâsudeva again showed his own form, and the high-souled one becoming again of a mild form, comforted him who had been affrighted.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 115–116.
Sanjaya said:
Vâsudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, again manifested His own Form, and consoled the terrified one, the Mahâtmâ again assuming a gentle form.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 239.
Sanjaya said:
So Vâsudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, showed again His own Form, and the Great-souled One, assuming His gentle Form, pacified him who was terrified.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 98. Bhagavad Gita 11.50.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), pp. 115–116. Bhagavad Gita 11.50.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 239. Bhagavad Gita 11.50.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.50
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः ।
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनम् भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥
“Having thus spoken to Arguna, Vâsudeva again showed his own form, and the high-souled one becoming again of a mild form, comforted him who had been affrighted.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 98, public domain)
“Vâsudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, again manifested His own Form, and consoled the terrified one, the Mahâtmâ again assuming a gentle form.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), pp. 115–116, public domain)
“So Vâsudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, showed again His own Form, and the Great-souled One, assuming His gentle Form, pacified him who was terrified.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 239, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanjaya speaks this verse, in chapter 11 (Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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