Bhagavad-gītā 11.6

Explain simply

Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa

पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा ।
बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ॥६॥

paśyādityān vasūn rudrān
aśvinau marutas tathā
bahūny adṛṣṭa-pūrvāṇi
paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata

Word for word (synonyms)

paśya
see
ādityān
the twelve sons of Aditi
vasūn
the eight Vasus
rudrān
the eleven forms of Rudra
aśvinau
the two Asvins
marutaḥ
the forty-nine Maruts (demigods of the wind)
tathā
also
bahūni
many
adṛṣṭa
that you have not heard or seen
pūrvāṇi
before
paśya
there see
āścaryāṇi
all the wonderful
bhārata
O best of the Bhāratas

Translation

O best of the Bhāratas, see here the different manifestations of Ādityas, Rudras, and all the demigods. Behold the many things which no one has ever seen or heard before.

Purport

Even though Arjuna was a personal friend of Kṛṣṇa and the most advanced of learned men, it was still not possible for him to know everything about Kṛṣṇa. Here it is stated that humans have neither heard nor known of all these forms and manifestations. Now Kṛṣṇa reveals these wonderful forms.

What this verse teaches

The study note for this verse is in editorial review.

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