अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥
adṛṣṭa-pūrvaṃ hṛṣito 'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me |tad eva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa ||
- अदृष्टपूर्वम् · adṛṣṭa-pūrvam
- never seen before
- हृषितः · hṛṣitaḥ
- thrilled with joy
- भयेन · bhayena
- with fear
- प्रव्यथितम् · pravyathitam
- agitated
- तत् एव रूपम् · tat eva rūpam
- that same form
- दर्शय · darśaya
- show
- प्रसीद · prasīda
- be gracious
- जगन्निवास · jagan-nivāsa
- O abode of the world
“I am thrilled to have seen what was never seen before — yet my mind trembles with fear. Show me that same familiar form again, O God; be gracious, O Lord of gods, abode of the world.”
— Original plain-language translation
Joy and fear together — Arjuna names both honestly. The vision has fulfilled its purpose, and he now asks for its withdrawal: the human heart can love the infinite only when it returns to a face.
— Reader's notes (original)