सञ्जय उवाच ।इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः ।आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥
sañjaya uvāca |ity arjunaṃ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayām āsa bhūyaḥ |āśvāsayām āsa ca bhītam enaṃ bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā ||
- वासुदेवः · vāsudevaḥ
- Vasudeva's son (Krishna)
- उक्त्वा · uktvā
- having spoken
- स्वकम् रूपम् · svakam rūpam
- his own (familiar) form
- भूयः · bhūyaḥ
- again
- आश्वासयामास · āśvāsayām āsa
- reassured, comforted
- भीतम् · bhītam
- the frightened one
- सौम्यवपुः · saumya-vapuḥ
- of gentle appearance
- महात्मा · mahātmā
- the great Being
“Sanjaya said: Speaking thus to Arjuna, Vasudeva revealed his own familiar form again, and the great Being, resuming his gentle appearance, reassured the frightened one.”
— Original plain-language translation
The return is gradual — majestic four-armed shape first, then the gentle human friend. Sanjaya notes the pastoral detail: the vision ends not with doctrine but with comfort, the warrior's terror soothed.
— Reader's notes (original)