Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingसञ्जय उवाच
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा
स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः।
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं
भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा
sañjaya uvācha
ity arjunaṁ vāsudevas tathoktvā
svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśhayām āsa bhūyaḥ
āśhvāsayām āsa cha bhītam enaṁ
bhūtvā punaḥ saumya-vapur mahātmā
Triṣṭubh (I u I I)(!!) irregular in source
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaSanjaya said, Thus, having spoken to Arjuna in that manner, Vasudeva showed His own form again. And He, the exalted One, reassured this terrified one by again becoming serene in his form.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
संजय ने कहा -- भगवान् वासुदेव ने अर्जुन से इस प्रकार कहकर, पुन: अपने (पूर्व) रूप को दर्शाया, और फिर, सौम्यरूप महात्मा श्रीकृष्ण ने इस भयभीत अर्जुन को आश्वस्त किया।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiस उ
इत्यर् जुनँव् वासु देवस् तथोक् त्वा (!!)
स्वकं रूपन् दर्श यामास भूयः (!!)
आश्वास यामास च भीत मेनम्
भूत्वा पुनस् सौम्य वपुर् महात् मा
॥ ५० ॥
Pāda meters: Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Indravajrā, Indravajrā — I = Indravajrā, u = Upendravajrā, s = Śālinī pāda
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthasañjayaḥ uvāchaSanjay said
itithus
arjunamto Arjun
vāsudevaḥKrishna, the son of Vasudev
tathāin that way
uktvāhaving spoken
svakamhis personal
rūpamform
darśhayām āsadisplayed
bhūyaḥagain
āśhvāsayām āsaconsoled
chaand
bhītamfrightened
enamhim
bhūtvābecoming
punaḥagain
saumya-vapuḥthe gentle (two-armed) form
mahā-ātmāthe compassionate
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA11.50How does Kṛṣṇa console the terrified Arjuna?
Sanjaya said, Thus, having spoken to Arjuna in that manner, Vasudeva showed His own form again. And He, the exalted One, reassured this terrified one by again becoming serene in his form.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.