Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.5
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ||
Behold my forms, Arjuna, by the hundreds and by the thousands: divine, of many kinds, and of many colours and shapes.
Modern context
'Behold' is repeated over and over in these verses. Krishna is not explaining any more; he is showing. Forms by the hundreds and thousands, of every colour and shape. The divine is not one image but endless variety. There is a lesson in the very abundance: reality is far richer than any picture we hold of it.