TEXT 47

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं
रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् ।
तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं
यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥ ४७ ॥

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṁ
rūpaṁ paraṁ darśitam ātma-yogāt
tejo-mayaṁ viśvam anantam ādyaṁ
yan me tvad anyena na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; mayā — by Me; prasannena — happily; tava — unto you; arjuna — O Arjuna; idam — this; rūpam — form; param — transcendental; darśitam — shown; ātma-yogāt — by My internal potency; tejaḥ-mayam — full of effulgence; viśvam — the entire universe; anantam — unlimited; ādyam — original; yat — that which; me — My; tvat anyena — besides you; na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam — no one has previously seen.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca: Dieu, la Personne Suprême, dit; mayā: par Moi; prasannena: avec joie; tava: à toi; arjuna: ô Arjuna; idam: cette; rūpam: forme; param: transcendantale; darśitam: montrée; ātma-yogāt: par Ma puissance interne; tejomayam: éblouissante; viśvam: l’univers entier; anantam: illimitée; ādyam: originelle; yat: ce que; me: à Moi; tvat-anyena: à part toi; na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam: nul n’a vu auparavant.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, happily have I shown you, by My internal potency, this supreme universal form within the material world. No one before you has ever seen this primal form, unlimited and full of glaring effulgence.

Dieu, la Personne Suprême, dit: C’est avec joie, Mon cher Arjuna, que par le biais de Ma puissance interne, Je t’ai révélé Ma forme universelle, suprême en ce monde, originelle, infinie et éblouissante, que nul avant toi n’avait jamais vue.

Purport

Arjuna wanted to see the universal form of the Supreme Lord, so Lord Kṛṣṇa, out of His mercy upon His devotee Arjuna, showed His universal form, full of effulgence and opulence. This form was glaring like the sun, and its many faces were rapidly changing. Kṛṣṇa showed this form just to satisfy the desire of His friend Arjuna. This form was manifested by Kṛṣṇa through His internal potency, which is inconceivable by human speculation. No one had seen this universal form of the Lord before Arjuna, but because the form was shown to Arjuna, other devotees in the heavenly planets and in other planets in outer space could also see it. They had not seen it before, but because of Arjuna they were also able to see it. In other words, all the disciplic devotees of the Lord could see the universal form which was shown to Arjuna by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Someone has commented that this form was shown to Duryodhana also when Kṛṣṇa went to Duryodhana to negotiate for peace. Unfortunately, Duryodhana did not accept the peace offer, but at that time Kṛṣṇa manifested some of His universal forms. But those forms are different from this one shown to Arjuna. It is clearly said that no one had ever seen this form before.

Du fait qu’Arjuna désirait la voir, le Seigneur Suprême lui fit la grâce de pouvoir contempler Sa forme universelle aux multiples visages sans cesse renouvelés, éclatante de splendeur et de lumière, éblouissante comme le soleil. Kṛṣṇa, en manifestant cette forme à travers Sa puissance interne – puissance que les spéculations humaines ne sauraient pénétrer – n’a d’autre but que de répondre au désir de Son ami Arjuna. Nul avant lui n’a pu voir cette forme universelle du Seigneur. Toutefois, comme elle lui est montrée, les dévots qui vivent sur les planètes édéniques ou ailleurs peuvent également la voir. Ainsi, tous les dévots du Seigneur peuvent voir, en même temps qu’Arjuna, la forme que par Sa grâce Il lui montre.

Un commentateur de la Bhagavad-gītā a déclaré que cette forme fut également révélée à Duryodhana, lorsque avant la bataille, Kṛṣṇa vint lui proposer la paix, qu’hélas il refusa. À vrai dire, ce que Kṛṣṇa a montré à Duryodhana n’est pas la forme que voit Arjuna, mais l’une de Ses autres formes universelles. Il est clairement établi dans notre verset, que nul avant Arjuna n’a contemplé la forme particulière que lui révèle le Seigneur.