My Personal Gita

Arjuna

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11.15 पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान्। ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान्

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paśyāmi devāṃstava deva dehe sarvāṃstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān | brahmāṇamīśaṃ kamalāsanastha mṛṣīṃśca sarvānuragāṃśca divyān

Word meanings

paśhyāmi—I behold;devān—all the gods;tava—your;deva—Lord;dehe—within the body;sarvān—all;tathā—as well as;bhūta viśheṣha-saṅghān—hosts of different beings;brahmāṇam—Lord Brahma;īśham—Shiv;kamala-āsana-stham—seated on the lotus flower;ṛiṣhīn—sages;cha—and;sarvān—all;uragān—serpents;cha—and;divyān—divine

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Arjuna said, "O God! In Your body, I behold all gods and hosts of different kinds of beings—the Lord Brahma seated on the lotus-seat, and all the sages and glowing serpents."

Shri Purohit Swami

Arjuna said: O almighty God! I see in Thee the powers of Nature, the various creatures of the world, the Progenitor on his lotus throne, the Sages and the shining angels.

Swami Adidevananda

Arjuna said I behold, O Lord, in Your body all the gods and all the diverse hosts of beings. Brahma, Siva (Isa) who is in Brahma, the seers and the lustrous snakes.

Swami Gambirananda

Arjuna said O God, I see in Your body all the gods as also hosts of (various) classes of beings; Brahma the ruler, sitting on a lotus seat, and all the heavenly sages and serpents.

Swami Sivananda

I behold all the gods, O God, in Thy body, and hosts of various classes of beings; Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus, all the sages and the celestial serpents!

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11.17 किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्। पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvatodīptimantam | paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantā ddīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam

Word meanings

kirīṭinam—adorned with a crown;gadinam—with club;chakriṇam—with discs;cha—and;tejaḥ-rāśhim—abode of splendor;sarvataḥ—everywhere;dīpti-mantam—shining;paśhyāmi—I see;tvām—you;durnirīkṣhyam—difficult to look upon;samantāt—in all directions;dīpta-anala—blazing fire;arka—like the sun;dyutim—effulgence;aprameyam—immeasurable

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

I behold You as having crowns, clubs, and discs; as a mass of radiance, shining on all sides, hard to look at and blazing like burning fire and the sun on each side; and as an immeasurable one.

Shri Purohit Swami

I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I gaze on thee, so radiant thou art, glowing like the blazing fire, brilliant as the sun, immeasurable.

Swami Adidevananda

I behold You as a mass of light shining everywhere, with diadem, mace and discus, hard to behold, blazing like a burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

Swami Gambirananda

I see You as wearing a diadem, wielding a mace, and holding a disc; a mass of brilliance glowing all around, difficult to look at from all sides, possessed of the radiance of the blazing fire and sun, and immeasurable.

Swami Sivananda

I see Thee with the diadem, the club and the discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very hard to look at, blazing all round like burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

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11.16 अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्। नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप

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aneka—infinite;bāhu—arms;udara—stomachs;vaktra—faces;netram—eyes;paśhyāmi—I see;tvām—you;sarvataḥ—in every direction;ananta-rūpam—inifinite forms;na antam—without end;na—not;madhyam—middle;na—no;punaḥ—again;tava—your;ādim—beginning;paśhyāmi—I see;viśhwa-īśhwara—The Lord of the universe;viśhwa-rūpa—universal form

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

I behold You with many arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes, and with infinite forms on all sides; I find neither the end nor the center nor the beginning of You, O Lord of the Universe, O Universal-Formed One!

Shri Purohit Swami

I see Thee, infinite in form, with, as it were, faces, eyes and limbs everywhere; no beginning, no middle, no end; O Thou Lord of the Universe, Whose Form is universal!

Swami Adidevananda

With manifold arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes, I behold Your infinite form on all sides. I see no end, no middle nor the beginning too of You, O Lord of the universe, O You of Universal Form.

Swami Gambirananda

I see You as possessed of numerous arms, bellies, mouths and eyes; as having infinite forms all around. O Lord of the Universe, O Cosmic Person, I see not Your limit nor the middle, nor again the beginning!

Swami Sivananda

I see Thee of boundless form on every side, with many arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes; neither the end nor the middle nor also the beginning do I see, O Lord of the universe, O Cosmic Form!

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