Bhagavad Gita 11.23-25

Sanskrit

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् । बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥11.23॥नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् । दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥11.24॥दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि । दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥11.25॥

Transliteration

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam | bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham ‖11.23‖ nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram | dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ‖11.24‖ daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni | diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa ‖11.25‖

Meaning

“Seeing Your great form of many mouths and eyes, O mighty- armed one, of many arms, thighs, and feet, of many bellies, terrible with many tusks, the worlds tremble, and so do I. Seeing You touching the sky, blazing with many colours, with mouths wide open, with vast flaming eyes, my inner self trembles, and I find neither firmness nor peace, O Vishnu. Seeing Your mouths terrible with tusks, like the fires of cosmic dissolution, I know not the directions, nor do I find shelter; be gracious, O Lord of gods, abode of the universe!”

Theme: The Vision of the Universal Form

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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