Bhagavad Gita 11.51 · Arjuna
I'm myself again
दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन।
इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः॥
dṛṣṭvedaṃ mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ tava saumyaṃ janārdanaidānīmasmi saṃvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ
Seeing this gentle human form of Yours, Janardana, I am calm now, and myself again.
Words
- prakṛti
What it means
Arjuna breathes again. Seeing Krishna's gentle human form, he says, I'm collected now. My mind has returned to its natural state, its prakriti. He has seen the infinite and come back whole, steadier and humbler than before.
The story
Arjuna went to the edge of what a human can bear, and returned. This is how deep experiences work. We touch the vast, then come home changed.
In your life
Think of the calm after a long cry, or after a storm passes. You're yourself again, maybe lighter. After something hard, let yourself rest and come back to normal. Don't rush.
After the vast, come home to yourself.