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Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga

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Devotional text

mūla ślokaḥarjuna uvācamadanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam|yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho'yaṃ vigato mama||11.1||
mūla ślokaḥbhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṃ śrutau vistaraśo mayā|tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam||11.2||
mūla ślokaḥevametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara|draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama||11.3||
mūla ślokaḥmanyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho|yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayā'tmānamavyayam||11.4||
mūla ślokaḥśrī bhagavānuvācapaśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ|nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca||11.5||
mūla ślokaḥpaśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśivanau marutastathā|bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyā'ścaryāṇi bhārata||11.6||
mūla ślokaḥihaikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram|mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyaddraṣṭumicchasi||11.7||
mūla ślokaḥna tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā|divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram||11.8||
mūla ślokaḥsañjaya uvācaevamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ|darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram||11.9||
mūla ślokaḥanekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam|anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham||11.10||
mūla ślokaḥdivyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam|sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham||11.11||
mūla ślokaḥdivi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā|yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ||11.12||
mūla ślokaḥtatraikasthaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ pravibhaktamanekadhā|apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā||11.13||
mūla ślokaḥtataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ|praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata||11.14||
mūla ślokaḥarjuna uvācapaśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehesarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān|brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanasthamṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān||11.15||
mūla ślokaḥanekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃpaśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato'nantarūpam|nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃpaśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa||11.16||
mūla slokaḥkirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ catejorāśiṃ sarvatodīptimantam|paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantāddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam||11.17||
mūla ślokaḥtvamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ veditavyaṃtvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam|tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptāsanātanastvaṃ puruṣo mato me||11.18||
mūla ślokaḥanādimadhyāntamanantavīryamanantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram|paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktramsvatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam||11.19||
mūla ślokaḥdyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hivyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ|dṛṣṭvā'dbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃlokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman||11.20||
mūla ślokaḥamī hi tvāṃ surasaṅghā viśantikecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti|svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥstuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ||11.21||
mūla ślokaḥrudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyāviśve'śivanau marutaścoṣmapāśca|gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghāvīkṣante tvāṃ vismitāścaiva sarve||11.22||
mūla ślokaḥrūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃmahābāho bahubāhūrupādam|bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃdṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā'ham||11.23||
mūla ślokaḥnabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃvyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram|dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmādhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo||11.24||
mūla ślokaḥdaṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhānidṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni|diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarmaprasīda deveśa jagannivāsa||11.25||
mūla ślokaḥamī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥsarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ|bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathā'sausahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ||11.26||
mūla ślokaḥvaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśantidaṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni|kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣusaṃdṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ||11.27||
mūla ślokaḥyathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥsamudramevābhimukhā dravanti|tathā tavāmī naralokavīrāviśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti||11.28||
mūla ślokaḥyathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgāviśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ|tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokāstavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ||11.29||
mūla ślokaḥlelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāllokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ|tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃbhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo||11.30||
mūla ślokaḥākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūponamo'stu te devavara prasīda|vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṃna hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim||11.31||
mūla ślokaḥśrī bhagavānuvācakālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddholokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ|ṛte'pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarveye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ||11.32||
mūla ślokaḥtasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasvajitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham|mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvamevanimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin||11.33||
mūla ślokaḥdroṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ cakarṇaṃ tathā'nyānapi yodhavīrān|mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhāyudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān||11.34||
mūla ślokaḥsañjaya uvācaetacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasyakṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī|namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃsagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya||11.35||
mūla ślokaḥarjuna uvācasthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyājagat prahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca|rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravantisarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ||11.36||
mūla ślokaḥkasmācca te na nameranmahātmangarīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre|ananta deveśa jagannivāsatvamakṣaraṃ sadasattatparaṃ yat||11.37||
mūla ślokaḥtvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇastvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam|vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāmatvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa||11.38||
mūla ślokaḥvāyuryamo'gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥprajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca|namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥpunaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste||11.39||
mūla ślokaḥnamaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhatastenamo'stu te sarvata eva sarva|anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṃsarvaṃ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ||11.40||
mūla ślokaḥsakheti matvā prasabhaṃ yaduktaṃhe kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti|ajānatā mahimānaṃ tavedaṃmayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi||11.41||
mūla ślokaḥyaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto'sivihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu|eko'thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṃtatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam||11.42||
mūla ślokaḥpitāsi lokasya carācarasyatvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān|na tvatsamo'styabhyadhikaḥ kuto'nyolokatraye'pyapratimaprabhāva||11.43||
mūla ślokaḥtasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṃprasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam|piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥpriyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum||11.44||
mūla ślokaḥadṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvābhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me|tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃprasīda deveśa jagannivāsa||11.45||
mūla ślokaḥkirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastamicchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva|tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujenasahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte||11.46||
mūla ślokaḥśrī bhagavānuvācamayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃrūpaṃ paraṃ darśitamātmayogāt|tejomayaṃ viśvamanantamādyaṃyanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam||11.47||
mūla ślokaḥna vedayajñādhyayanairna dānairna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ|evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛlokedraṣṭuṃ tvadanyena kurupravīra||11.48||
mūla ślokaḥmā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvodṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam|vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃtadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya||11.49||
mūla ślokaḥsañjaya uvācaityarjunaṃ vāsudevastathoktvāsvakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ|āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṃbhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā||11.50||
mūla ślokaḥarjuna uvācadṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tavasaumyaṃ janārdana|idānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ||11.51||
mūla ślokaḥśrī bhagavānuvācasudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama|devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ||11.52||
mūla ślokaḥnāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā|śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā||11.53||
mūla ślokaḥbhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna|jñātuṃ dṛṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca paraṃtapa||11.54||
mūla ślokaḥmatkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ|nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava||11.55||

About this parayana — Vishnu

Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.

How to chant

Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.

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