Shloka 50
Puruṣottama-yoga
The Discipline of the Supreme Person) — Chapter 15 (Bhagavadgītā
संजय उवाच इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूप॑* दर्शयामास भूय: । आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुन: सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा,संजय बोले--वासुदेवः भगवानने अर्जुनके प्रति इस प्रकार कहकर फिर वैसे ही अपने चतुर्भुज-रूपको दिखलाया और फिर महात्मा श्रीकृष्णने सौम्यमूर्ति होकर इस भयभीत अर्जुनको धीरज दियाः
sañjaya uvāca ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ | āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapur mahātmā ||
Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus to Arjuna, Vāsudeva once again revealed His own familiar form. Then the great-souled Lord, assuming a gentle and gracious appearance, reassured the frightened Arjuna—restoring his composure after the overwhelming vision.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine power is tempered by divine compassion: after revealing an awe-inspiring, fear-inducing manifestation, the Lord returns to a gentle, approachable form and reassures the devotee. The ethical emphasis is that spiritual experience should culminate in steadiness, trust, and restored capacity to act in dharma, not paralysis by fear.
Sañjaya narrates that Kṛṣṇa, after speaking to Arjuna, withdraws the overwhelming vision and shows His familiar form again (understood in this context as the four-armed form), then adopts a calm, benign appearance and comforts Arjuna, who has become frightened by what he has seen.