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Bhagavad Gita 11.49

मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावोदृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम्।व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वंतदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य॥

mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvodṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam |vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṃtadeva me rūpamidaṃ prapaśya ||

Do not be afraid, nor be bewildered on seeing such a terrible form of Mine; with your fear dispelled and with a gladdened heart, now behold again this former form of Mine.

Translation by Swami Sivananda · Public domain in India (translator d. 1963)

Do not be afraid or confused by the terrible vision. Put away your fear and, with a joyful mind, see Me again in My usual form.

Translation by Shri Purohit Swami · Public domain in India (translator d. 1941)

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.

Edition: Common 700-verse recension. Arjuna's opening question in chapter 13, absent from that recension, is kept as 13.0.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Sanskrit text via gita/gita (Unlicense), from the Gita Supersite, IIT Kanpur. Sanskrit text public domain.

Bhagavad Gita 11.49 · SatsangVidya