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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 11

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् | सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ||११-११||

divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam . sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham ||11-11||

Translation

11.11 Wearing celestial garlands and raiments, anointed with divine perfumes, full of all wonders, resplendent, boundless and facing all directions.

Meaning

Visvatomukham With faces on all sides as He is the Self of all beings. Devam God. Also means resplendent. Anantam Endless. He Who is free from the three kinds of limitations viz.. DesaKalaVastuPariccheda (limitations of space time and thing respectively) is Anantam. He is Brahman. This philosophical concept is explained below. The pot is here. This is spacelimitatio. The pot is now here. This is timelimitation. The pot is not a cloth. This is thing(material) limitation. There is saffron in Kashmir only. This is limitation of space and thing. You can have apples only in September. This is limitation of time and thing. But Brahman is everywhere as It is allpervading. It exists in the past the present and the future. It dwells in all parts. Hence It is beyond these three limitations. It is therefore endless.

Word by word

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरम् wearing divine garlands (necklaces) and apparel दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् anointed with divine unguents सर्वाश्चर्यमयम् the allwonderful देवम् resplendent अनन्तम् endless विश्वतोमुखम् with faces on all sides.