My Personal Gita

Arjuna

11.23 रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्। बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam | bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā'ham

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rūpam—form;mahat—magnificent;te—your;bahu—many;vaktra—mouths;netram—eyes;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed Lord;bahu—many;bāhu—arms;ūru—thighs;pādam—legs;bahu-udaram—many stomachs;bahu-danṣhṭrā—many teeth;karālam—terrifying;dṛiṣhṭvā—seeing;lokāḥ—all the worlds;pravyathitāḥ—terror-stricken;tathā—so also;aham—I

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O Mighty-armed One! Having seen Your mighty form, with its many faces and eyes, many arms, thighs, feet, and bellies, and its terrible array of tusks, the worlds are frightened, as am I.

Shri Purohit Swami

Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes and limbs and terrible jaws, I myself and all the worlds are overwhelmed with awe.

Swami Adidevananda

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

Swami Gambirananda

O mighty-armed One, seeing Your immense form with many mouths and eyes, having numerous arms, thighs and feet, with many bellies, and fearful with many teeth, the creatures are struck with terror, and so am I.

Swami Sivananda

Having beheld Thy immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed, with many arms, thighs and feet, with many stomachs, and fearful with many teeth, the worlds are terrified and so am I!

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11.25 दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि। दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास

daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni | diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa

Word meanings

danṣhṭrā—teeth;karālāni—terrible;cha—and;te—your;mukhāni—mouths;dṛiṣhṭvā—having seen;eva—indeed;kāla-anala—the fire of annihilation;sannibhāni—resembling;diśhaḥ—the directions;na—not;jāne—know;na—not;labhe—I obtain;cha—and;śharma—peace;prasīda—have mercy;deva-īśha—The Lord of lords;jagat-nivāsa—The shelter of the universe

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

By merely seeing Your faces, which are frightening with tusks and look like the fire of destruction, I do not know the arters and get no peace. Have mercy, O Lord of gods! O Abode of the Universe!

Shri Purohit Swami

When I see Thy mouths with their fearful jaws like glowing fires at the dissolution of creation, I lose all sense of place; I find no rest. Be merciful, O Lord in whom this universe abides!

Swami Adidevananda

Viewing Your mouths, presenting awe-generating fangs and looking like the consuming fire of final destruction, I know not the quarters of the globe nor do I find repose. Be gracious, O Lord of the Devas! O Abode of the universe!

Swami Gambirananda

Having merely seen Your mouths made terrible with (their) teeth and resembling the fire of Dissolution, I have lost the sense of direction and find no comfort. Be gracious, O Lord of gods, O Abode of the Universe.

Swami Sivananda

Having seen Thy mouths, fearful with teeth, blazing like the fires of cosmic dissolution, I know not the four quarters, nor do I find peace. Have mercy, O Lord of the gods! O abode of the universe!

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11.24 नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्। दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो

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nabhaḥ-spṛiśham—touching the sky;dīptam—effulgent;aneka—many;varṇam—colors;vyātta—open;ānanam—mouths;dīpta—blazing;viśhāla—enormous;netram—eyes;dṛiṣhṭvā—seeing;hi—indeed;tvām—you;pravyathitāntar-ātmā—my heart is trembling with fear;dhṛitim—firmness;na—not;vindāmi—I find;śhamam—mental peace;cha—and;viṣhṇo—Lord Vishnu

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

As I observe You, touching the sky, blazing, with many colors, mouths wide open, eyes blazing and large, I am terrified in my inner soul and I do not find courage and peace, O Visnu!

Shri Purohit Swami

When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me.

Swami Adidevananda

When I behold You touching the Supreme Heaven, shining, multicoloured, with yawning mouths and large resplendent eyes, my inner being trembles in fear. I am unable to find support or peace, O Visnu.

Swami Gambirananda

O Visnu, verily, seeing Your form touching heaven, blazing, with many colours, open-mouthed, with fiery large eyes, I , becoming terrified in my mind, do not find steadiness and peace.

Swami Sivananda

On seeing Thee (the Cosmic Form) touching the sky, shining in many colours, with mouths wide open, with large, fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find neither courage nor peace, O Vishnu!

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