Speaker: Arjuna
रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या
विश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च ।
गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा
वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥२२॥
rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā
viśve 'śvinau marutaś coṣmapāś ca
gandharva-yakṣāsura-siddha-saṅghā
vīkṣante tvāṁ vismitāś caiva sarve
Word for word (synonyms)
- rudra
- manifestations of Lord Śiva
- ādityāḥ
- the Ādityas
- vasavaḥ
- the Vasus
- ye
- all those
- ca
- and
- sādhyāḥ
- the Sādhyas
- viśve
- the Viśvadevas
- aśvinau
- the Aśvinīkumāras
- marutaḥ
- the Maruts
- ca
- and
- uṣmapāḥ
- the forefathers
- ca
- and
- gandharva
- the Gandharvas
- yakṣa
- the Yakṣas
- asura-siddha
- the demons and the perfected demigods
- saṅghāḥ
- assemblies
- vīkṣante
- are seeing
- tvām
- You
- vismitāḥ
- in wonder
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- sarve
- all
Translation
The different manifestations of Lord Śiva, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Viśvadevas, the two Aśvins, the Māruts, the forefathers and the Gandharvas, the Yakṣas, Asuras, and all perfected demigods are beholding You in wonder.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna’s description of Kālā-rūpa, the form of time – no origin, middle or end, spread everywhere with unlimited strength as the demigods offered prayers. Arjuna becomes fearful.
- 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.