Bhagavad Gita · 11.46
॥
Devanāgarī
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त-
मिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakra-hastam
icchāmi tvāṁ draṣṭum ahaṁ tathaiva |
tenaiva rūpeṇa catur-bhujena
sahasra-bāho bhava viśva-mūrte ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
किरीटिनम्kirīṭinamcrowned with a diadem.
गदिनम्gadinamwith a mace.
चक्रहस्तम्cakra-hastamwith a discus (cakra) in the hand (hastam).
इच्छामि त्वाम्icchāmi tvāmI desire (icchāmi) You (tvām).
द्रष्टुम् अहम्draṣṭum ahamfor me to see.
तथा एवtathā evajust as before.
तेन एव रूपेणtena eva rūpeṇain that very form.
चतुर्भुजेनcatuḥ-bhujenafour-armed.
सहस्रबाहोsahasra-bāhoO thousand-armed one!
भवbhavabecome, appear.
विश्वमूर्तेviśva-mūrteO Universal Form!
Translation
“I long to see You again in Your former form—with a crown, a mace, and a discus in Your hand. O thousand-armed one, O Universal Form, please appear again in that four-armed form of Yours!”
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