श्रीभगवानुवाच ।पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- पश्य · paśya
- behold
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha
- रूपाणि · rūpāṇi
- forms
- शतशः · śataśaḥ
- by the hundred
- सहस्रशः · sahasraśaḥ
- by the thousand
- नानाविधानि · nānā-vidhāni
- of many kinds
- दिव्यानि · divyāni
- divine, shining
- नानावर्णाकृतीनि · nānā-varṇākṛtīni
- of many colors and shapes
“The Blessed Lord said: Behold, O Partha, my forms by the hundred and the thousand — manifold, divine, of many colors and shapes.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna grants the request at once; the repeated 'behold' becomes the refrain of the chapter. The plural forms stress that the cosmic vision is inclusive rather than single — everything at once, in every hue.
— Reader's notes (original)