अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे |
तदेव मे दर्शय देवरूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास || 45||
adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛiṣhito ’smi dṛiṣhṭvā
bhayena cha pravyathitaṁ mano me
tad eva me darśhaya deva rūpaṁ
prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa
adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvam—that which has not been seen before; hṛiṣhitaḥ—great joy; asmi—I am; dṛiṣhṭvā—having seen; bhayena—with fear; cha—yet; pravyathitam—trembles; manaḥ—mind; me—my; tat—that; eva—certainly; me—to me; darśhaya—show; deva—Lord; rūpam—form; prasīda—please have mercy; deva-īśha—God of gods; jagat-nivāsa—abode of the universe
Translation:
Having seen Your universal form that I had never seen before, I feel great joy. And yet, my mind trembles with fear. Please have mercy on me and again show me Your pleasing form, O God of gods, O Abode of the universe.
Commentary:
Arjuna was delighted and at the same time struck with terror by the Cosmic Form of the Lord. The full manifestation of the Lord should be terrifying indeed, when the Lord appears as Time, the Destroyer. Even Arjuna was fear-struck and distressed. So he wishes to see the Lord in His former pleasing form.
Prasida: In the 25th verse, Arjuna makes the same appeal.
Tadeva rupam: Some interpret the words to mean the four-armed form of Vishnu.
A month after meeting Sri Ramakrishna, Narendra (Swami Vivekananda) returned to Dakshineswar and found the Master alone in his room. Ramakrishna was glad to see Narendra and asked him to sit on the corner of his bed. After a few minutes the Master drew near him in an ecstatic mood, muttered some words, fixed his eyes on him, and placed his right foot on Narendra’s body. At his touch Narendra saw, with open eyes, the whole world vanishing — the walls, the room, the temple garden, and even himself were disappearing into the void. He felt sure that he was facing death. He cried out loudly: “Ah, what are you doing to me? Don’t you know that I have parents at home?” Listening to this, the Master laughed and then touching Narendra’s chest, said: “All right, let it stop now. It will happen in its own good time.” With this Narendra became normal again. (Source: God Lived With Them)
Seeing Sri Ramakrishna in samadhi many times, Mathur became eager to know more about this mysterious phenomenon. He knew very well that the Master had the power to transmit samadhi to others, so one day he asked to experience it himself. At first Sri Ramakrishna tried to dissuade him from this desire, but after repeated requests from Mathur he finally said: “Well, I’ll ask Mother about it. She will do as She thinks best.”
A few days later, while at his home in Calcutta, Mathur experienced bhava samadhi (a state in which the mind is between the absolute plane and the relative plane). Sri Ramakrishna described what happened next: “He sent for me; and when I went there I found him altogether changed — he wasn’t the same man. Whenever he spoke of God, he shed floods of tears. His eyes were red from weeping, and his heart was pounding. When he saw me, he fell down and clasped my feet. ‘Father,’ he said, ‘I admit it — I’m beaten! I’ve been in this state for the past three days. I can’t apply my mind to worldly affairs, however hard I try. Everything is going wrong. Please take back the ecstasy you gave me. I don’t want it.’ ‘But you begged me for ecstasy,’ I said. ‘I know I did. And it is indeed a blissful state — but what’s the use of bliss when all my worldly affairs are going to pieces? This ecstasy of yours, Father, it only suits you. The rest of us don’t really want it. Please take it back!’ Then I laughed and just rubbed Mathur’s chest with my hand and he was himsel again.” (Source: They Lived with God)
Some devotees would tell Sri Ramakrishna about their spiritual experiences. Hearing them, Swami Brahmananda asked the Master to grant him some spiritual experiences. The Master told him: “Look, that kind of experience comes when one practises meditation and prayer regularly and systematically. Wait. You will get it eventually.”
A couple of days later, in the evening, Swami Brahmananda saw the Master walking towards the Divine Mother’s temple, and he followed him. Sri Ramakrishna entered the temple, but the disciple did not dare go inside, so he sat in the natmandir [the hall in front of the temple] and began to meditate. After a while he suddenly saw a brilliant light, like that of a million suns, rushing towards him from the shrine of the Divine Mother. He was frightened and ran to the Master’s room.
A little later Sri Ramakrishna returned from the shrine. When he saw Swami Brahmananda in his room, he said: “Hello! Did you sit for meditation this evening?”
“Yes, I did,” answered Swami Brahmananda, and he told the Master what had happened.
Then the Master told him: “You complain that you don’t experience anything. You ask, ‘What is the use of practising meditation?’ So why did you run away when you had an experience?” (Source: Ramakrishna as We Saw Him)
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11 🔻 (55 Verses)
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