Chapter XI · Śloka 50
Sañjaya uvāca
सञ्जय उवाच |
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा
स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः |
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं
भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ||
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा
स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः |
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं
भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ||
sañjaya uvāca |
ity arjunaṃ vāsudevas tathoкtvā
svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ |
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enaṃ
bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā ||
ity arjunaṃ vāsudevas tathoкtvā
svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ |
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enaṃ
bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā ||
Sañjaya said: Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Vāsudeva again showed His own form, and the great-souled one, assuming His gentle appearance, consoled the frightened Arjuna.
Sañjaya's narration bridges the cosmic and the intimate: the same being who manifested as all-destroying Time now returns to a form that can console. The great soul becomes gentle; the infinite becomes close.