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Chapter 11 · The Universal Form · 55 verses

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Questions & crisisChapter 11 · The Universal Form
10.4211.2

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 11.1

Arjuna requests the universal form

अर्जुन उवाच

मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् ।

यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥ १ ॥

arjuna uvāca

mad-anugrahāya paramaṁ

guhyam adhyātma-saṁjñitam

yat tvayoktaṁ vacas tena

moho ’yaṁ vigato mama

Translation

Arjuna said: By my hearing the instructions You have kindly given me about these most confidential spiritual subjects, my illusion has now been dispelled.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Hearing Removes Arjuna’s Illusion

  1. 1Arjuna says that hearing Kṛṣṇa’s kind instructions on confidential spiritual subjects has removed his illusion.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that Arjuna now understands Kṛṣṇa as the source of everything, not merely a human friend.
  3. 3Hear Kṛṣṇa’s instructions to understand Him more clearly, recognizing His kindness and grace.

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In the story

Chapter 11, The Universal Form: arjuna requests the universal form.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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Practice

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Related verses

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BG 11.2Arjuna requests the universal formBG 11.3Arjuna requests the universal formBG 1.28Compassion entangled with attachmentBG 1.46The bow falls

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