Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.6

pasyadityan vasun rudran

asvinau marutas tatha

bahuny adrsta-purvani

pasyascaryani bharata

SYNONYMS

pasya -- see; adityan -- the twelve sons of Aditi; vasun -- the eight Vasus; rudran -- the eleven forms of Rudra; asvinau -- the two Asvinis; marutah -- the forty-nine Maruts (demigods of the wind); tatha -- also; bahuni -- many; adrsta -- that you have not seen; purvani -- before; pasya -- see; ascaryani -- all the wonders; bharata -- O best of the Bharatas.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Bharatas, see here the different manifestations of Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Asvini-kumaras and all the other demigods. Behold the many wonderful things which no one has ever seen or heard of before.

PURPORT

Even though Arjuna was a personal friend of Krsna and the most advanced of learned men, it was still not possible for him to know everything about Krsna. Here it is stated that humans have neither heard nor known of all these forms and manifestations. Now Krsna reveals these wonderful forms.

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