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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 11.22

Awe and terror at the universal form

रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या

विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च ।

गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा

वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥ २२ ॥

rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā

viśve ’śvinau marutaś coṣmapāś ca

gandharva-yakṣāsura-siddha-saṅghā

vīkṣante tvāṁ vismitāś caiva sarve

Translation

All the various manifestations of Lord Śiva, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the two Aśvīs, the Maruts, the forefathers, the Gandharvas, the Yakṣas, the Asuras and the perfected demigods are beholding You in wonder.

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

Beholding the Lord in Wonder

  1. 1Many kinds of beings are beholding the Lord in wonder.
  2. 2They include the manifestations of Lord Śiva, the Ādityas, the Vasus and the two Aśvīs.
  3. 3The forefathers, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Asuras and perfected demigods also behold Him in wonder.

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Chapter 11, The Universal Form: awe and terror at the universal form.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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