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
sañjaya uvāca ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ | āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enaṁ bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapur mahātmā ||
Sañjaya nói: Nói với Arjuna như thế xong, Vāsudeva lại một lần nữa hiển lộ hình tướng quen thuộc của chính Ngài. Rồi bậc Đại Hồn, trong dung mạo hiền hòa và khả ái, đã trấn an Arjuna đang kinh hãi, khiến chàng lấy lại sự bình tĩnh sau thị kiến choáng ngợp ấy.
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.