Gita Verse 11.45

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11, Verse 45

Sanskrit Verse

अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा

भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे।

तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.45।।

Transliteration

adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛiṣhito ’smi dṛiṣhṭvā

bhayena cha pravyathitaṁ mano me

tad eva me darśhaya deva rūpaṁ

prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa

Word meanings

adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam—that which has not been seen before; hṛiṣhitaḥ—great joy; asmi—I am; dṛiṣhṭvā—having seen; bhayena—with fear; cha—yet; pravyathitam—trembles; manaḥ—mind; me—my; tat—that; eva—certainly; me—to me; darśhaya—show; deva—Lord; rūpam—form; prasīda—please have mercy; deva-īśha—God of gods; jagat-nivāsa—abode of the universe

Swami Sivananda's translation

I am delighted, having seen something never seen before; yet my mind is distressed with fear. Show me that form only, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode of the universe.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 11