Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, verse 5
श्री भगवानुवाच śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥
Say itpaśhya me pārtha rūpāṇi śhataśho ’tha sahasraśhaḥ
nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛitīni cha
Translation
The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colors and shapes."
Swami Sivananda
The Blessed Lord said, "O son of Prtha, behold My forms in their hundreds and thousands, of different kinds, celestial, and of various colors and shapes."
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
The Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, My forms, hundreds upon thousands, manifold, divine, varied in hue and shape."
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
The Bhagavat said, "Behold, O son of Prtha, My divine forms in hundreds and thousands, of varied nature, colors, and shapes."
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Lord Shri Krishna replied: "Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by the hundreds and thousands, various in kind, color, and shape."
Shri Purohit Swami
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- हे पृथानन्दन ! अब मेरे अनेक तरहके, अनेक अनेक वर्णों और आकृतियोंवाले सैकड़ों-हजारों दिव्यरूपोंको तू देख।
Swami Ramsukhdas
श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- हे पार्थ ! मेरे सैकड़ों तथा सहस्रों नाना प्रकार के और नाना वर्ण तथा आकृति वाले दिव्य रूपों को देखो।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.