Bhagavad Gita BG 11.51
Chapter 11, Verse 51 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
अर्जुन उवाच दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन । इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥
arjuna uvaca drshetvadam manusham rupam tava saumyam janardana idanim asmi samvrttah sacetah prakrtim gatah
Meaning
Arjuna said: Having seen this gentle human form of Yours, O Janardana, I am now composed in mind and restored to my own nature.
Understanding
Arjuna's response to seeing the two-armed human form restored. Drshtvam manusham rupam tava saumyam (having seen this gentle/soothing human form of yours — saumyam: gentle, pleasing, moon-like, calming). Janardana — addressing Krishna as 'Janardana' (one who agitates/moves people toward liberation — or one who protects). Idanim asmi samvrttah (now I have become composed/collected — samvrtta: gathered together, consolidated, restored). Sacetah (with proper mind, with consciousness restored). Prakrtim gatah (returned to my own nature — prakrti: one's own nature, one's normal state). The Vishvarupa experience temporarily took Arjuna beyond his natural functioning. The return of the human form is also the return of Arjuna's own centered nature.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| मानुषम् | manusham | human (belonging to man, the human form) |
| सौम्यम् | saumyam | gentle, soothing, moon-like, pleasing, calming |
| संवृत्तः | samvrttah | composed, collected, restored, gathered together |
| सचेताः | sacetah | with proper mind/consciousness, collected in thought |
| प्रकृतिं गतः | prakrtim gatah | returned to one's own nature, restored to natural state |
| अर्जुन उवाच | arjuna uvāca | Arjuna said |
| दृष्ट्वा | dṛṣṭvā | having seen |
| इदम् | idam | this |
| मानुषम् | mānuṣam | human |
| रूपम् | rūpam | form |
| तव | tava | Your |
| जनार्दन | janārdana | O Krishna (refuge of mankind) |
| इदानीम् | idānīm | now, at present |
| अस्मि | asmi | I am |
| संवृत्तः | saṃvṛttaḥ | restored, composed |
| स-चेताः | sa-cetāḥ | with my consciousness |
| प्रकृतिम् | prakṛtim | natural state |
| गतः | gataḥ | restored to |