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Pitasi Lokasya Characharasya

Gita 11.43 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11 — Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य त्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।
न त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो लोकत्रये प्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥
Pitasi lokasya characharasya tvamasya pujyashcha gururgareeyan,
Na tvatsamostyabhyadhikah kutanyo lokatraye pyapratimaprabhava.
चराचरस्य पिता
father of the moving and the unmoving
पूज्यः
worthy of reverence
गुरुः गरीयान्
the greatest among teachers
न त्वत्समः
none equal to You
अभ्यधिकः
greater (than You)
लोकत्रये
in the three worlds
अप्रतिमप्रभाव
O One of matchless power

From apology, Arjuna rises into praise. He no longer sees Krishna as a prince of the Yadava clan. He sees the father of all existence — of every creature that walks, swims, flies, grows, or stands still. The rocks, the rivers, the gods themselves — all are Krishna's children.

A child who discovers that their parent built the house they live in, the road they walk on, and the sky they look up at — that child would feel something close to what Arjuna feels here. Except that for Arjuna, the scale is the entire cosmos. Not just this world, but all three worlds.

There is no one equal to You, Arjuna says. And if there is no equal, how could there be anyone greater? The question is rhetorical, but it carries the weight of genuine realization. This is not flattery. Arjuna has seen the proof with his own eyes.

This is still in the Trishtubh metre. The phrase 'gururgareeyan' — the greatest of teachers — is significant. It places Krishna not just as a personal guide to Arjuna, but as the original source of all wisdom traditions.

The next shloka (11.44) will see Arjuna drop to the ground in full prostration, begging Krishna to forgive him as a father forgives a son.

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