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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 23

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् | बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ||११-२३||

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam . bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham ||11-23||

In plain words

Lokah The worlds -- all living beings in the world. Here is the cause of my fear. Arjuna describes below the nature of the Cosmic Form which has caused terror in his heart.

Translation

11.23 Beholding Your great form with many mouths and eyes, with many arms, thights, and feet, witth many stomachs and terrible with many teeth, the worlds tremble, and I too ake, O mighty-armed.

Meaning

Lokah The worlds -- all living beings in the world. Here is the cause of my fear. Arjuna describes below the nature of the Cosmic Form which has caused terror in his heart.

Word by word

रूपम् form महत् immeasurable ते Thy बहुवक्त्रनेत्रम् with many mouths and eyes महाबाहो O,mightyarmed बहुबाहूरुपादम् with many arms thighs and feet बहूदरम् with many stomachs. बहुदंष्ट्राकरालम् fearful with many teeth दृष्ट्वा having seen लोकाः the worlds प्रव्यथिताः are terrified तथा also अहम् I.