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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 14

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः | प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ||११-१४||

tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ . praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata ||11-14||

In plain words

Tatah Then having seen the Cosmic Form. Arjuna joined his palms in order to do prostration to the Cosmic Form. The great hero had attained true humility which the bowed head and joined palms represented and which is the essential ingredient of devotion.

Translation

11.14 Then he, Arjuna, overcome with amazement, his hairs standing erect, bowed his head to the Lord, and with folded hands spoke.

Meaning

Tatah Then having seen the Cosmic Form. Arjuna joined his palms in order to do prostration to the Cosmic Form. The great hero had attained true humility which the bowed head and joined palms represented and which is the essential ingredient of devotion.

Word by word

ततः then सः he विस्मयाविष्टः filled with wonder हृष्टरोमा with hair standing on end धनञ्जयः Arjuna प्रणम्य having prostrated शिरसा with (his) head देवम् the God कृताञ्जलिः with joined palms अभाषत spoke.