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The Bhagavad Gita1460
even Thou hath been treated by me with irreverence and undue familiarity,
even at play and at sports; in public upon many and various occasions—for
all of which, O Being Absolute and Infinite, I humbly beg thy forgiveness
and pardon.
“Thou art the Parent of the animate and inanimate! Thou art the Wise
Instructor of all who seek wisdom! Thou art the One alone worthy to be
adored! Thou art the One like whom there is none! Yea, in all the three
worlds there is none like unto Thee! Wherefore, bow down to the very
earth, myself do I, and crave thy forgiving mercy and compassion. Lord, Lord,
Krishna, My Lord! Adorable Lord! bear with me even as a father beareth
with his son; a friend with a friend; a lover with his beloved—so bear with
me, O Lord!
“Most favored am I in being shown that which no man hath ever yet
seen—and most happy am I to have been so favored, and to have witnessed
these things, O Lord; yea, even when I remembereth that which I have seen,
my heart beateth strongly, and my breath cometh and goeth rapidly, so
overwhelmed doth my mind become. And, yet, even from my awe doth my
words spring, when I beg of Thee still another gift; I beseech Thee to show
me Thyself in Thy Celestial Form. Assume then, O Thousand armed One—
Universal Former of Form—assume Thou then, I pray Thee, Thy familiar
shape in which I have seen Thee countless times, and upon which I can look
without so great fear.”
Krishna: “Arjuna, out of my love and affection for thee, hath I shown
thee, by my divine power, this my supreme forms as the Universe, in all its
splendid glory, eternal and infinite. None other than thyself hath ever seen
this sight. For know you this, that no such sight can be obtained as a reward,
even by the study of the Vedas; or by sacrifice; or by great learning; or by
charity and almsgiving; or by good deeds; or by penance and self-denial.
Not even these things, great as they may be and are, can win for a reward this
vision and sight of Me which hath been granted unto thee, alone in all the
three worlds. Having, witnessing these things—beheld My form, so awful