किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त-
मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥ ४६ ॥
मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥ ४६ ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakrahasta-
micchāmi tvāṃ draṣṭumahaṃ tathaiva .
tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena
sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte .. 46 ..
I wish to see Thee as before, crowned, possessd of the club, with the discus in the hand, in Thy former form only, having four arms, O Thousand-armed, O Universal Form.
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Thy former form : as the son of Vasudeva. Thousand-armed : referring to the Universal Form manifested at present. Withdrawing Thy Universal Form, do Thou put on Thy former one.
The Lord resumes His usual form.
Seeing Arjuna afraid, the Lord withdrew the Universal Form; and consoling Arjuna with sweet words, He said :