All events unfold within divine time.
Arjuna speaks to Krishna
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राःसर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः |भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौसहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ||११-२६||
amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ . bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ ||11-26||
Use this verse for duty under difficult circumstances.
Meaning
All the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with groups of kings, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and also the chief warriors on our side are rushing into You.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Arjuna sees all warriors moving into Krishna’s cosmic form.
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Explanation
The battlefield is now seen inside divine time. The verse should be explained carefully: it describes Arjuna’s vision in a specific dharma-yuddha context, not a general encouragement of violence.
Read the traditional commentary
The cosmic vision now becomes intensely personal. Arjuna no longer sees only abstract gods and worlds — he sees the very men gathered on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The sons of Dhritarashtra, the assembled kings, the revered elders Bhishma and Drona, Karna the charioteer's son, and even his own chief warriors are all being drawn into the form.
This is a devastating recognition. The grandfather he loves, the teacher he honours, kinsmen and comrades alike — all are caught in the same current. The war he agonised over in chapter one is here shown from the vantage of eternity: its outcome already woven into the fabric of Time.
The vision answers Arjuna's earlier grief in a startling way. The deaths he so dreaded to cause are not finally in his hands at all. A power far greater than the warrior is already at work, and the battle is the unfolding of something already decided in the heart of the Divine.
In daily life
See difficult events within dharma and responsibility, not impulse.
A leader facing a hard decision should act from duty, not hatred.
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Write the dharmic responsibility in one difficult situation.
I seek duty without hatred.Reflect
Am I seeing my challenge through duty or emotion?
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Krishna on mortality, in other chapters
- Verse 7.29The honest longing to transcend death, rooted in refuge in the Divine, opens into complete knowledge of Self and action.
- Verse 8.6You become what you constantly contemplate, so choose with care the thoughts you let live in your mind.
- Verse 9.25We grow toward whatever we hold highest in our hearts, so aim your deepest devotion at the very highest.
- Verse 14.14How you habitually live shapes how you leave — cultivate clarity and peace now, for they become your soul's onward direction.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 11.26
Who says Bhagavad Gita 11.26, and to whom?
Arjuna speaks to Krishna in verse 11.26, in Chapter 11, Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga (Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 11.26 mean?
All the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with groups of kings, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and also the chief warriors on our side are rushing into You. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 11.26 for daily life?
See difficult events within dharma and responsibility, not impulse. A leader facing a hard decision should act from duty, not hatred.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 11.26 mean?
अमी च त्वाम् — and these into You; धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः — the sons of Dhritarashtra; सर्वे — all; सह एव अवनिपालसङ्घैः — together with the hosts of kings; भीष्मः द्रोणः — Bhishma, Drona.
Where does verse 11.26 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 26 of 55 in Chapter 11, Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga. The next verse is 11.27.