श्रीभगवान् उवाच
मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं; रूपं परं दर्शितम् आत्मयोगात् ॥
तेजोमयं विश्वम् अनन्तम् आद्यं; यन् मे त्वद् अन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥
न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर् न दानैर्; न च क्रियाभिर् न तपोभिर् उग्रैः ॥
एवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके; द्रष्टुं त्वद् अन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥
मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो; दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरम् ईदृङ् ममेदम् ॥
व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस् त्वं; तद् एव मे रूपम् इदं प्रपश्य ॥
संजय उवाच
इत्य् अर्जुनं वासुदेवस् तथोक्त्वा; स्वकं रूपं दर्शयाम् आस भूयः ॥
आश्वासयाम् आस च भीतम् एनं; भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर् महात्मा ॥
अर्जुन उवाच
दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन ॥
इदानीम् अस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ; rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitam ātmayogāt ||
tejomayaṃ viśvam anantam ādyaṃ; yan me tvad anyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam ||
na vedayajñādhyayanair na dānair; na ca kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥ ||
evaṃrūpaḥ śakya ahaṃ nṛloke; draṣṭuṃ tvad anyena kurupravīra ||
mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo; dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoram īdṛṅ mamedam ||
vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punas tvaṃ; tad eva me rūpam idaṃ prapaśya ||
saṃjaya uvāca
ity arjunaṃ vāsudevas tathoktvā; svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayām āsa bhūyaḥ ||
āśvāsayām āsa ca bhītam enaṃ; bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapur mahātmā ||
arjuna uvāca
dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdana ||
idānīm asmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ ||
Shri Bhagavan said: "By My grace, O Arjuna, this supreme form has been shown to you — blazing, universal, boundless and primeval, revealed by the power of My own yoga. No one but you has ever seen it before. Not by the study of the Vedas and sacrifices, not by gifts, not by rites, not by fierce austerities can I be seen in this form in the world of men by anyone other than you, O hero of the Kurus. Let there be no distress or bewilderment in you at the sight of this terrible form of Mine. Free from fear and with a joyful mind, behold once more this same form of Mine." Sanjaya said: "Having spoken thus to Arjuna, Vasudeva once again showed His own form, and, assuming His gentle body once more, the great soul comforted the frightened Arjuna." Arjuna said: "O Janardana, having seen this gentle human form of Yours, I have now come back to myself, my mind composed, restored to my natural state."
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Krishna makes clear that the universal form was granted by grace, not earned through ritual. He then assumes the gentle form again, because the purpose of the revelation is not to break Arjuna with fear but to lead him to mature devotion.