नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्। दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
nabhaḥ-spṛiśhaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśhāla-netram dṛiṣhṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā dhṛitiṁ na vindāmi śhamaṁ cha viṣhṇo
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: seeing Krishna touching the sky, blazing with many colors, mouth wide open, with large blazing eyes, my heart trembles, I find neither courage nor peace, Arjuna repeats and intensifies his admission of fear rather than minimizing it on a second pass.
In life: sometimes admitting fear once isn't enough, the intensity can build further as you keep looking directly at what's actually frightening you, and that's a normal escalation, not a sign you're handling it badly.
Teaching: allow your own fear to intensify further as you keep looking directly at something genuinely overwhelming, rather than assuming a single admission of fear should have already resolved it.