Bg 11.50
sañjaya uvāca
ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayām āsa bhūyaḥ
āśvāsayām āsa ca bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā
Bg 11.51
arjuna uvāca
dṛṣṭvedaṁ mānuṣaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana
idānīm asmi saṁvṛttaḥ sa-cetāḥ prakṛtiṁ gataḥ
Translation
Sanjaya said: 50.Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Vaasudeva again showed His own Form, and, the Great-souled One, assuming His gentle Form, consoled him who was so terrified.
Arjuna said: 51.Having seen this, Thy gentle human-Form, O Janardana, I am now composed and restored to my own nature.
Commentary
Sanjaya confirms here to the blind old king that the terrible Universal-Form, after announcing Its intentions of coming back again to its original sweet form had actually accomplished that promise. What form Krishna re-entered is evident: "THE VERY FORM IN WHICH HE WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE OF VASUDEVA."* He assumed the pleasant shape of Lord Krishna, the familiar friend of Arjuna, the Blue-Boy of the Gopikas, and thus consoled the mighty warrior, who was aghast with wonder, and trembling with "fear."
In these words of Sanjaya, we also can notice the minister's anxiety that Emperor Dhritarashtra should see the suggestion that the Lord of the Universe is Krishna, and that Krishna is on the side of the Pandavas. But how ... how will a blind man ever see?
THE SCENE AGAIN SHIFTS TO THE WAR-FRONT WHEN SANJAYA REPORTS THE WORDS OF ARJUNA IN THE FOLLOWING STANZA:
Arjuna admits here that, when he sees the normal and the gentle-Form of Lord Krishna, he feels relieved from his inner tensions and agitations. When an unprepared student like Arjuna is suddenly pushed forward on the spiritual ladder and made to experience truths that are transcendental, and too vast for his intellectual comprehension, it is natural that even in that Realm-of-Bliss, he feels giddy confusions and heaving sobs. Arjuna admits: "I have now become collected in mind and am restored to my normal nature, having seen the milder aspect of Krishna's gracious human form."
Sources: vedabase.com; The Holy Geeta
sañjaya uvāca
ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayām āsa bhūyaḥ
āśvāsayām āsa ca bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā
Bg 11.51
arjuna uvāca
dṛṣṭvedaṁ mānuṣaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana
idānīm asmi saṁvṛttaḥ sa-cetāḥ prakṛtiṁ gataḥ
Translation
Sanjaya said: 50.Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Vaasudeva again showed His own Form, and, the Great-souled One, assuming His gentle Form, consoled him who was so terrified.
Arjuna said: 51.Having seen this, Thy gentle human-Form, O Janardana, I am now composed and restored to my own nature.
Commentary
Sanjaya confirms here to the blind old king that the terrible Universal-Form, after announcing Its intentions of coming back again to its original sweet form had actually accomplished that promise. What form Krishna re-entered is evident: "THE VERY FORM IN WHICH HE WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE OF VASUDEVA."* He assumed the pleasant shape of Lord Krishna, the familiar friend of Arjuna, the Blue-Boy of the Gopikas, and thus consoled the mighty warrior, who was aghast with wonder, and trembling with "fear."
In these words of Sanjaya, we also can notice the minister's anxiety that Emperor Dhritarashtra should see the suggestion that the Lord of the Universe is Krishna, and that Krishna is on the side of the Pandavas. But how ... how will a blind man ever see?
THE SCENE AGAIN SHIFTS TO THE WAR-FRONT WHEN SANJAYA REPORTS THE WORDS OF ARJUNA IN THE FOLLOWING STANZA:
Arjuna admits here that, when he sees the normal and the gentle-Form of Lord Krishna, he feels relieved from his inner tensions and agitations. When an unprepared student like Arjuna is suddenly pushed forward on the spiritual ladder and made to experience truths that are transcendental, and too vast for his intellectual comprehension, it is natural that even in that Realm-of-Bliss, he feels giddy confusions and heaving sobs. Arjuna admits: "I have now become collected in mind and am restored to my normal nature, having seen the milder aspect of Krishna's gracious human form."
Sources: vedabase.com; The Holy Geeta
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