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Shloka 19

Viśvarūpa-darśana (The Vision of the Universal Form) — महायोगेश्वरस्य विश्वरूपदर्शनम्

तपाम्यहमहं वर्ष निगृल्नाम्युत्सूजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्न सदसच्चाहमर्जुन

tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca | amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca sad asac cāham arjuna ||

ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਸੂਰਜ-ਰੂਪ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਤਪਦਾ ਹਾਂ; ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਵਰਖਾ ਨੂੰ ਖਿੱਚਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵਰ੍ਹਾਉਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਹੇ ਅਰਜੁਨ! ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਅਤੇ ਮੌਤ ਹਾਂ, ਅਤੇ ਸਤ ਤੇ ਅਸਤ ਵੀ ਮੈਂ ਹੀ ਹਾਂ।

तपामिI heat / I shine (as the sun)
तपामि:
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
FormLat, Present indicative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormCommon, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I (indeed)
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormCommon, Nominative, Singular
वर्षम्rain
वर्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निगृह्णामिI withhold / restrain
निगृह्णामि:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-ग्रह्
FormLat, Present indicative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
उत्सृजामिI release / send forth
उत्सृजामि:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-सृज्
FormLat, Present indicative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अमृतम्immortality / nectar
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सत्being / the real
सत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
असत्non-being / the unreal
असत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअसत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormCommon, Nominative, Singular
अर्जुनO Arjuna
अर्जुन:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
K
Krishna (implied as the speaker of the teaching)
S
Sun (as a form/function)
R
Rain

Educational Q&A

The divine is the single reality underlying all cosmic functions and all apparent opposites—heat and rain, life and death, being and non-being. Recognizing this unity supports equanimity and steadfast action in accordance with dharma.

In the Kurukṣetra setting, Krishna continues instructing Arjuna by revealing his all-pervading nature: he governs natural cycles (sun’s heat, the holding and releasing of rain) and transcends dualities (immortality/death, sat/asat), reframing Arjuna’s crisis within a larger spiritual vision.