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Chapter 11
Link: -In the previous verse, the Lord called upon Arjuna to behold His Cosmic Form, of various colours and shapes. Now in the next verse, He asks Arjuna to behold the gods and other wonders, in His body.
pasyadityanvasanrudranasvinau marutastatha
bahiinyadrstapiirvani pasydscaryani bharata
Behold in Me, 0 Bharata, the twelve sons of Aditi, the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras (gods of destruction), the two Asvintkumaras (the twin physicians of gods) and the forty-nine Murals (wind-gods) and many more marvels, never revealed before. 6
Comment:-
Pasyadityanvasunrudranasvinau marutastathn:- The twelve sons of Aditi are—Dhata, Mitra, Aryama, Sakra, Varuna, Arnsa, Bhaga, Vivasvan, Pasa, Savita, Tvasta and Visnu (Maha. Adi. 65/ 15-16). The eight vasus are - Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Ahab, Anila, Anala, Pratyrisa and Prabhasa (Maha. Adi. 66/18). The eleven Rudras are - Hara, Bahurapa, Tryambaka, Aparajita, Vrsakapi, Sambhu, Kapardl, Raivata, Mrgavyadha, Sarea and Kapali (Harivamsa. 1/3/51-52).
Asvinammaras, are the twin born physicians of gods. The forty-nine Maruts (wind-gods) are - Sattvajyoti, Aditya, Satyajyoti,Tiryagjyoti, Sajyoti, Iyotismsn, Harita, Rtajit, Satyajit, Susena, Senajit, Satyamitra, Abhimitra, Harimitra, Krta, Satya, Dhruva, Dharta, Vidharta, Vidharaya, Dhvanta, Dhuni, Ugra, Bhima, Abhiyu, Saksipa, Idrk, Anyadrk, Yacht, Pratikrt, Rk, Samiti, Samrambha, Idrksa, Purusa, Anyadrksa, Cetasa, Samita,Samidrksa, Pratidrksa, Maruti, Sarata, Deva, Dina, Yajuh, Anudrk, Sams, Manusa and Via (Vayupurana 67/123—130). The Lord, calls upon Arjuna to behold them all, in His Cosmic Form.
These thirty-three varieties of gods, are the principal ones. The forty-nine Manus (wind-gods), are regarded as separate from the thirty-three varieties of gods, because they were transformed from demons to gods. So the Lord, has separated them from other gods, by using the term 'tatha' (and) (also).
Bahumyadrstapurvani pasyaacarynni bharata:- The Lord, asks Arjuna to behold such marvels in those forms, which he might have neither seen, nor heard of nor imagined, nor thought of. After beholding such forms, a person is wonder-struck and left aghast.
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