TEXT 14

Devanagari

तत: स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जय: ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥ १४ ॥

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tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo
hṛṣṭa-romā dhanañ-jayaḥ
praṇamya śirasā devaṁ
kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata

Synonyms

tataḥ — thereafter; saḥ — he; vismaya-āviṣṭaḥ — being overwhelmed with wonder; hṛṣṭa-romā — with his bodily hairs standing on end due to his great ecstasy; dhanam-jayaḥ — Arjuna; praṇamya — offering obeisances; śirasā — with the head; devam — to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kṛta-añjaliḥ — with folded hands; abhāṣata — began to speak.

tataḥ: ensuite; saḥ: il; vismayāviṣṭaḥ: frappé d’émerveillement; hṛṣṭa-romā: ses poils se dressant à cause de sa grande extase; dhanam-jayaḥ: Arjuna, conquérant des richesses; praṇamya: offrant son hommage; śirasā: avec la tête; devam: à Dieu, la Personne Suprême; kṛtāñjaliḥ: les mains jointes; abhāṣata: commença à dire.

Translation

Then, bewildered and astonished, his hair standing on end, Arjuna bowed his head to offer obeisances and with folded hands began to pray to the Supreme Lord.

Alors, déconcerté, frappé d’émerveillement, les poils hérissés, Arjuna s’incline pour rendre hommage au Seigneur, puis, les mains jointes, commence à Lui offrir des prières.

Purport

Once the divine vision is revealed, the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna changes immediately. Before, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna had a relationship based on friendship, but here, after the revelation, Arjuna is offering obeisances with great respect, and with folded hands he is praying to Kṛṣṇa. He is praising the universal form. Thus Arjuna’s relationship becomes one of wonder rather than friendship. Great devotees see Kṛṣṇa as the reservoir of all relationships. In the scriptures there are twelve basic kinds of relationships mentioned, and all of them are present in Kṛṣṇa. It is said that He is the ocean of all the relationships exchanged between two living entities, between the gods, or between the Supreme Lord and His devotees.

Aussitôt la vision divine révélée, la relation qui unit Arjuna à Kṛṣṇa change de nature. Une étroite relation d’amitié a toujours uni Arjuna au Seigneur, mais ici, après avoir perçu Sa forme universelle, il Lui rend avec grand respect son hommage et joint les mains pour Lui offrir des prières louant Sa forme universelle. Sa relation d’amitié avec Kṛṣṇa se métamorphose en une relation d’admiration.

Les grands dévots voient Kṛṣṇa comme le réservoir de toutes les relations échangées entre les hommes, entre les devas, ou entre le Seigneur et Ses dévots. Douze relations fondamentales sont mentionnées dans les Écritures.

Here Arjuna was inspired by the relationship of wonder, and in that wonder, although he was by nature very sober, calm and quiet, he became ecstatic, his hair stood up, and he began to offer his obeisances unto the Supreme Lord with folded hands. He was not, of course, afraid. He was affected by the wonders of the Supreme Lord. The immediate context is wonder; his natural loving friendship was overwhelmed by wonder, and thus he reacted in this way.

Arjuna est pour sa part, en cet instant, inspiré par une relation d’admiration émerveillée, qui suscite en lui, d’ordinaire si modéré, si calme et si serein, l’extase. Les poils de son corps se hérissent et, les mains jointes, il rend hommage au Seigneur Suprême. Ce n’est pas que la peur s’empare de lui. Il est simplement frappé par les gloires merveilleuses du Seigneur Suprême. Et c’est cet émerveillement qui, troublant le lien naturel d’amitié profonde qui l’unit au Seigneur, provoque en lui le comportement que décrit ce verset.