Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 46 (11.46)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तम्
इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते
॥ 11.46 ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahastam
icchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena
sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte
Translation
"I wish to see you just as before, wearing a crown, holding a mace and a discus in your hands. O thousand-armed one, O cosmic form — take that four-armed form again."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. tathaiva pūrvavat ity arthaḥ; tenaiva rūpeṇa vasudevaputrarūpeṇa caturbhujena — the form of the son of Vasudeva, four-armed; upasaṃhṛtya viśvarūpam, tenaiva rūpeṇa bhava.
Acharya Ramanuja. tena eva pūrvasiddhena caturbhujena rūpeṇa yukto bhava — take on that same four-armed form that existed before; idānīṃ sahasrabāhutvena viśvaśarīratvena dṛśyamānarūpaḥ tvaṃ tena eva rūpeṇa yukto bhava.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.