Sanskrit
इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः । आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनम् भूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥
ity arjunaṃ vāsudevas tathoktvā svakaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enam bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapur mahātmā
Translation
Vâsudeva, having thus spoken to Arjuna, again manifested His own Form, and consoled the terrified one, the Mahâtman again assuming a gentle form.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Sanjaya’s narration resumes to report the reversal itself, and the word choice is precise — “svakaṃ rūpam,” his own form, and “saumyavapuḥ,” gentle-bodied, but not yet the fully ordinary two-armed Krishna. This is the four-armed form Arjuna specifically asked for in verse 46, the middle step between the infinite vision and full humanity; the last stage of the descent, back to the familiar friend and charioteer, only completes in Arjuna’s own words in the next verse. The chapter is careful to walk this back in stages rather than snap directly from cosmic terror to ordinary companionship.