11.45
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito 'smi dṛṣṭvā
bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me
tad eva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ
prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
Having seen what was never seen before I am thrilled, and my mind is shaken with fear; show me that form, O god, be gracious, lord of gods, abode of the world.
नेपालीमा
पहिले कहिल्यै नदेखिएको देखेर म रोमाञ्चित छु, र डरले मेरो मन हल्लिएको छ। हे देव, मलाई त्यो रूप देखाउनुहोस्, कृपालु हुनुहोस्, हे देवताका स्वामी, लोकको धाम।
Where it sits
The universal form has done both things to him, thrill and fear. He does not ask for it to be untrue. He asks to be shown the form he knew. 11.46 will say which one: crown, mace, discus, four arms.
Split: अदृष्ट-पूर्वम् + हृषितः + अस्मि + दृष्ट्वा + भयेन + च + प्रव्यथितम् + मनः + मे + तत् + एव + मे + दर्शय + देव + रूपम् + प्रसीद + देव-ईश + जगत्-निवास
adṛṣṭa-pūrvam + hṛṣitaḥ + asmi + dṛṣṭvā + bhayena + ca + pravyathitam + manaḥ + me + tat + eva + me + darśaya + deva + rūpam + prasīda + deva-īśa + jagat-nivāsa
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अदृष्ट-पूर्वम् | adṛṣṭa-pūrvam | accusative | what was never seen before. |
| हृषितः | hṛṣitaḥ | nominative | thrilled. The hair stirred with joy. |
| अस्मि | asmi | present, 1st singular | I am. |
| दृष्ट्वा | dṛṣṭvā | gerund | having seen. |
| भयेन | bhayena | instrumental | with fear. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| प्रव्यथितम् | pravyathitam | nominative singular neuter | shaken. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| मनः | manaḥ | nominative | the mind. |
| मे | me | genitive | my. |
| तत् | tat | accusative | that. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | very. That very one. |
| मे | me | dative | to me. |
| दर्शय | darśaya | causative imperative | show. |
| देव | deva | vocative | O god. |
| रूपम् | rūpam | accusative | the form. |
| प्रसीद | prasīda | imperative | be gracious. |
| देव-ईश | deva-īśa | vocative | lord of gods. |
| जगत्-निवास | jagat-nivāsa | vocative | abode of the world. |
The phrases
adṛṣṭa-pūrvam hṛṣitaḥ asmi dṛṣṭvā (अदृष्ट-पूर्वम् हृषितः अस्मि दृष्ट्वा) is the thrill. Having seen what I had never seen, I am thrilled.
bhayena ca pravyathitam manaḥ me (भयेन च प्रव्यथितम् मनः मे) is the same sight's other half. And my mind is shaken with fear.
तत् एव मे दर्शय देव रूपम् प्रसीद tat eva me darśaya deva rūpam prasīda asks for the other form. Show me that very form. Be gracious. tat (तत्) points at the form he is about to describe, the one he can bear.
Sanskrit in this line
हृषितः + अस्मि hṛṣitaḥ + asmi is hṛṣito 'smi (हृषितोऽस्मि), the same joining as kālo 'smi (कालोऽस्मि). darśaya (दर्शय) is the causative imperative he used in 11.4, "show," not paśya (पश्य), "see." The seeing is already done. He needs a different showing. मनः + मे manaḥ + me is mano me (मनो मे): aḥ (अः) before m (म्) becomes o (ओ).
Say it back
The two states, thrill and fear, and the verb he uses now. If he says paśya (पश्य), he has gone back to the first request. This verb is darśaya (दर्शय).