Bhagavad Gita 11.14ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः।प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥

tataḥ sa vismayāviṣhṭo hṛiṣhṭa-romā

dhanañjayaḥ praṇamya śhirasā devaṁ kṛitāñjalir abhāṣhata

Sanskrit recitation

11.13 11.15

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The vision that undoes the ego · 11.9–11.34 · Scene

Translation

Then, Arjuna, filled with wonder and his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the God and spoke with palms joined.

Hindi translation

भगवान् के विश्वरूपको देखकर अर्जुन बहुत चकित हुए और आश्चर्यके कारण उनका शरीर रोमाञ्चित हो गया। वे हाथ जोड़कर विश्वरूप देवको मस्तकसे प्रणाम करके बोले।

Meaning

Tatah Then, having seen the Cosmic Form.Arjuna joined his palms in order to do prostration to the Cosmic Form. The great hero had attained true humility which the bowed head and joined palms represented, and which is the essential ingredient of devotion.

After Swami Sivananda

The vision that undoes the ego· 11.9–11.34→

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Word-by-word→

devam: the Lord
saḥ: he
tataḥ: then
śhirasā: with (his) head
praṇamya: bow down
abhāṣhata: he addressed
dhanañjayaḥ: Arjun, the conqueror of wealth
kṛita-añjaliḥ: with folded hands
hṛiṣhṭa-romā: with hair standing on end
vismaya-āviṣhṭaḥ: full of wonder

Bhagavad Gita 11.14ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः।प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥

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