Shloka 15
Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga — The Yoga of the Cosmic Vision
अर्जुन उवाच । पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसंघान् । ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृ...
arjuna uvāca | paśyāmi devāṃs tava deva dehe sarvāṃs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān | brahmāṇam īśaṃ kamalāsana-stha- mṛ...
അർജുനൻ പറഞ്ഞു: ഹേ ദേവാ! നിങ്ങളുടെ ദിവ്യദേഹത്തിൽ ഞാൻ സമസ്ത ദേവന്മാരെയും, വിവിധ ജീവിവർഗ്ഗങ്ങളുടെ സംഘങ്ങളെയും കാണുന്നു; കൂടാതെ കമലാസനത്തിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്ന ബ്രഹ്മാവിനെയും (മറ്റു) ഈശന്മാരെയും കൂടി കാണുന്നു…
अर्जुन ने कहा—हे देव! मैं आपके शरीर में समस्त देवताओं को तथा विविध प्राणियों के समूहों को देखता हूँ; और कमलासन पर स्थित ब्रह्मा तथा (अन्य) ईशों को भी ...
Arjuna said: I see, O god, in your body all the gods, and likewise the multitudes of distinct beings; Brahmā, the lord seated on the lotus, and ... (verse continues).
Because the input text is truncated, the translation is necessarily partial. In full form, the verse typically lists cosmological beings (devas, Brahmā, sages/serpents), reflecting an epic-Purāṇic sacred hierarchy embedded within the vision.
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Arjuna’s enumeration reflects an attempt to cognitively stabilize an overwhelming experience by naming recognizable categories and figures.
The verse suggests that multiple divine agencies and classes of beings are encompassed within a single ultimate locus, implying a unifying ground beneath plural religious cosmologies.
After the vision is shown, Arjuna becomes the primary witness, offering a first-person account that validates the narrative depiction.
It can encourage intellectual pluralism: diverse traditions and “levels” of meaning can be approached as potentially nested within broader frameworks of understanding.