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श्री भगवानुवाच पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paśhya me pārtha rūpāṇi śhataśho ’tha sahasraśhaḥ nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛitīni cha

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 5
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Krishna agrees and says behold my forms, by the hundreds and thousands, various in kind, divine, of many colors and shapes, beginning to deliver on the request directly rather than deflecting it further.

In life: sometimes, when someone has genuinely earned the readiness for it, the honest response to their sincere request is simply to give them what they're asking for.

Teaching: when someone has genuinely done the work to be ready for a harder truth or a bigger responsibility, don't keep deflecting their sincere request, give it to them directly, the way Krishna does here.

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Lord said
paśhyabehold
memy
pārthaArjun, the son of Pritha
rūpāṇiforms
śhataśhaḥby the hundreds
athaand
sahasraśhaḥthousands
nānā-vidhānivarious
divyānidivine
nānāvarious
varṇacolors
ākṛitīnishapes
chaand

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.5 पश्य behold? मे My? पार्थ O Partha? रूपाणि forms? शतशः by hundreds? अथ and? सहस्रशः by thousands? नानाविधानि of different sorts? दिव्यानि divine? नानावर्णाकृतीनि of various colours and shapes? च and.Commentary Divyani Divine supernatural.Satasah? Sahasrasah By the hundreds and thousands -- countless.O Arjuna? I want you to behold the Cosmic Form. All beings and entities are there. The fat and the lean? the short and the tall? the red and the black? the active and the passive? the rich and the poor? the intelligent and the dull? the healthy and the sick? the noisy and the silent? those that are awake? those that are asleep? the beautiful and the ugly? and all grades of beings with their distinctive marks are all there. The blueness of the sky? the yellowness of the silk? the redness of the twilight? the blackness of the coal? the whiteness of the snow? and the greenness of the leaves will be seen by you. You will also behold the objects of various shapes.