Sanskrit
स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च । रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ॥
sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣyaty anurajyate ca rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ
Translation
Hrishîkesha! in Thy magnificence Rightly the world rejoiceth, hymning Thee; The Râkshasas to every quarter fly In fear; the hosts of Siddhas prostrate fall.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Arjuna speaks again, but the register has changed completely — this opens a sustained hymn of praise that runs to verse 46, replacing the earlier verses’ raw, disoriented reporting with something closer to formal stotra composition. The opening word, “sthāne,” rightly or fittingly, is a small but deliberate move: instead of just describing the world’s terror and joy, Arjuna is now arguing that these reactions are the correct ones. Fear and devotion appear again as simultaneous responses, exactly as they did in verse 21, but now Arjuna is the one making the case for why both are warranted.