11.5
श्रीभगवानुवाच
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca
śrībhagavān (श्रीभगवान्) is speaking. The n (न्) of bhagavān (भगवान्) joins uvāca (उवाच), so the line is recited śrībhagavānuvāca (श्रीभगवानुवाच). It stands outside the meter. The speaker is Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण).
The verse
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) said: See my forms, son of Pṛthā (पृथा), by hundreds and by thousands, of many kinds, divine, and of many colors and shapes.
नेपालीमा
कृष्णले भन्नुभयो, हे पृथापुत्र, मेरा सयौँ र हजारौँ रूप हेर, जो अनेक प्रकारका, दिव्य, र अनेक रङ तथा आकृतिका छन्।
Where it sits
The request is granted in the imperative, and the singular form Arjuna (अर्जुन) asked for opens into a plural. The next verse will name the beings inside those forms.
Split: पश्य + मे + पार्थ + रूपाणि + शतशः + अथ + सहस्रशः + नाना-विधानि + दिव्यानि + नाना-वर्ण-आकृतीनि + च
paśya + me + pārtha + rūpāṇi + śataśaḥ + atha + sahasraśaḥ + nānā-vidhāni + divyāni + nānā-varṇa-ākṛtīni + ca
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| पश्य | paśya | imperative, 2nd singular | see. |
| मे | me | genitive enclitic | my. |
| पार्थ | pārtha | vocative | son of Pṛthā (पृथा). Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
| रूपाणि | rūpāṇi | accusative plural | forms. |
| शतशः | śataśaḥ | indeclinable | by hundreds. |
| अथ | atha | indeclinable | and. Then. |
| सहस्रशः | sahasraśaḥ | indeclinable | by thousands. |
| नाना-विधानि | nānā-vidhāni | accusative plural | of many kinds. nānā (नाना) is "various." |
| दिव्यानि | divyāni | accusative plural | divine. |
| नाना-वर्ण-आकृतीनि | nānā-varṇa-ākṛtīni | accusative plural | of many colors and shapes. varṇa (वर्ण) is color. ākṛti (आकृति) is shape. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi (पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि) answers the causative with a plain imperative. See my forms. The plural rūpāṇi (रूपाणि) is already more than the one form he named.
śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ (शतशः अथ सहस्रशः) is the count. By hundreds, and by thousands. The --śas (शस्) ending is the same one that made vistaraśaḥ (विस्तरशः) in 11.2.
nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇa-ākṛtīni ca (नाना-विधानि दिव्यानि नाना-वर्ण-आकृतीनि च) describes them. Many kinds, divine, and of many colors and shapes.
Sanskrit in this line
शतशः + अथ śataśaḥ + atha is recited śataśo 'tha (शतशोऽथ). The same avagraha as moho 'yam (मोहोऽयम्) in 11.1. aḥ (अः) plus a (अ) is o (ओ), and the lost a (अ) is written ऽ.
Say it back
The verb he is given, and the number of forms. If rūpāṇi (रूपाणि) comes out singular, the answer has been shrunk back to the request.