Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.45
अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा
भयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।
तदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hṛṣito'smi dṛṣṭvā bhayena ca pravyathitaṃ mano me | tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṃ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ||
I am thrilled to have seen what no one has seen before, yet my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that other form, O God. Be gracious, Lord of gods, refuge of the universe.
Modern context
Thrilled and frightened at once, Arjuna asks to see the familiar form again. He has seen enough. This is wisdom, not weakness. No human being can live in the full blaze of the infinite. We need the sacred in forms we can approach, a face we can look at, a friend we can talk to. Arjuna asks for Krishna back.