मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो दृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् ।व्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं तदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ॥
mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍha-bhāvo dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ ghoram īdṛṅ mamedam |vyapeta-bhīḥ prīta-manāḥ punas tvaṃ tad eva me rūpam idaṃ prapaśya ||
- मा · mā
- let there not be
- व्यथा · vyathā
- anguish, trembling
- विमूढभावः · vimūḍha-bhāvaḥ
- bewilderment
- घोरम् · ghoram
- dreadful, fierce
- व्यपेतभीः · vyapeta-bhīḥ
- freed from fear
- प्रीतमनाः · prīta-manāḥ
- with gladdened heart
- पुनः · punaḥ
- again
“Let there be no anguish for you, no bewilderment, at seeing this dreadful form of mine. Freed from fear, with gladdened heart, behold again this familiar form of mine.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna speaks as comforter now, prescribing fearlessness as the fruit of vision rather than its price. The dreadful and the dear are one reality; Arjuna is invited back from awe to love.
— Reader's notes (original)