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Trembling

3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on trembling. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 11 • Verse 20 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Dyav a-prithivyor idam antaram hi vyaptam tvayaikena dishash ca sarvah, drishtvadbhutam rupam ugram tavedam loka-trayam pravyathitam mahatman

O mighty soul, You alone pervade the space between heaven and earth and all directions. Seeing Your wondrous and terrible form, all three worlds are trembling.

•God pervades all space between heaven and earth
•The universal form inspires both wonder and fear
•Even the cosmos trembles before the divine

omnipresence pervading space terror and awe three worlds

Chapter 11 • Verse 23 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Rupam mahat te bahu-vaktra-netram maha-baho bahu-bahuru-padam, bahudaram bahu-damshtra-karalam drishtva lokah pravyathitas tathaham

O mighty-armed one, seeing Your massive form with many mouths, eyes, arms, thighs, feet, stomachs, and terrifying fangs, the worlds are trembling, and so am I.

•The vision of the infinite overwhelms all observers
•The cosmic form has both awe-inspiring and terrifying aspects
•Arjuna speaks for all beings in their trembling before the divine

terror massive form many mouths awe

Chapter 11 • Verse 35 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Sañjaya uvācha: etach chrutvā vachanam keśhavasya kṛitāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī, namaskṛitvā bhūya evāha kṛiṣhṇaṁ sa-gadgadaṁ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya

Sanjaya said: Having heard Krishna's words, the crowned Arjuna with joined palms, trembling, bowed down once more, and with a choked voice, overwhelmed with fear, spoke to Krishna.

•The divine word produces immediate transformation
•Arjuna's trembling shows the depth of his experience
•Reverence intensifies after understanding God's revelation

Sanjaya bowing choked voice fear and reverence