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Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga · The Vision of the Universal Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.26-30
Sanskrit
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः । भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥11.26॥वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि । केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥11.27॥यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति । तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥11.28॥यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः । तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥11.29॥लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल् लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः । तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥11.30॥
Transliteration
amī ca tvāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ ‖11.26‖ vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti daṃṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni | kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ ‖11.27‖ yathā nadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ samudramevābhimukhā dravanti | tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti ‖11.28‖ yathā pradīptaṃ jvalanaṃ pataṅgā viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ | tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ ‖11.29‖ lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ | tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ‖11.30‖
Meaning
“All these sons of Dhritarashtra, with hosts of kings, Bhishma, Drona, and that son of a charioteer, together with our own chief warriors, rush into Your mouths, terrible with tusks and fearful to behold; some are seen caught between the teeth, their heads crushed. As the many currents of rivers race toward the ocean, so these heroes of the world of men enter Your flaming mouths. As moths rush swiftly into a blazing fire to perish, so do these creatures swiftly enter Your mouths to perish. Devouring all the worlds on every side with Your flaming mouths, You lick them up; Your fierce rays fill the whole universe with radiance and scorch it, O Vishnu.”
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