Speaker: Arjuna
अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति
केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति ।
स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः
स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ॥२१॥
amī hi tvāṁ sura-saṅghā viśanti
kecid bhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti
svastīty uktvā maharṣi-siddha-saṅghāḥ
stuvanti tvāṁ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- amī
- all those
- hi
- certainly
- tvām
- unto You
- sura-saṅghāḥ
- groups of demigods
- viśanti
- entering
- kecit
- some of them
- bhītāḥ
- out of fear
- prāñjalayaḥ
- with folded hands
- gṛṇanti
- offering prayers unto
- svasti
- all peace
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- speaking like that
- maharṣi
- great sages
- siddha-saṅghāḥ
- perfect sages
- stuvanti
- singing hymns
- tvām
- unto You
- stutibhiḥ
- with prayers
- puṣkalābhiḥ
- Vedic hymns
Translation
All the demigods are surrendering and entering into You. They are very much afraid, and with folded hands they are singing the Vedic hymns.
Defined in the Gītā
Surrender
Who surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, and who does not?
O best among the Bhāratas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me—the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.
Purport
The demigods in all the planetary systems feared the terrific manifestation of the universal form and its glowing effulgence and so prayed for protection.
What this verse teaches
Prayers of demigods and sages
- Themes
- The Five Topics
In thematic compilations 1
- Arjuna describes the kāla-rupa of Kṛṣṇa (11.19-25)
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.