Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 11

Bhagavad Gita 11.22

रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या विश्वेऽश्िवनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च। गन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा वीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे॥

rudrādityā vasavo ye cha sādhyā viśhve ’śhvinau marutaśh choṣhmapāśh cha gandharva-yakṣhāsura-siddha-saṅghā vīkṣhante tvāṁ vismitāśh chaiva sarve

Translation

Rudras, Vasus, Sâdhyas and Adityas, Vishvas, the Ashvins, Maruts, Ushmapas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Siddhas, Asuras, In wondering multitudes beholding Thee.

What it means

All the orders of divine beings gaze at You in wonder. The vision has an audience across every plane. The revelation reorganizes the whole population of the cosmos into spectators.

Try this today

Every category of being, friendly and hostile, united in one act: astonished looking.

Something to reflect on

When did every faction of my inner life stop and stare at the same thing?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.