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Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Verse 23 of 52
Bg 11.23

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम्

rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham

Synonyms

rūpam—form; mahat—very great; te—of You; bahu—many; vaktra—faces; netram—eyes; mahā-bāho—O mighty-armed one; bahu—many; bāhu—arms; ūru—thighs; pādam—legs; bahu-udaram—many bellies; babu-daṁṣṭrā—many teeth; karālam—horrible; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; lokāḥ—all the planets; pravyathitāḥ—perturbed; tathā—similarly; aham—I..

Translation

O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your many faces, eyes, arms, bellies and legs and Your terrible teeth, and as they are disturbed, so am I.

Verse 23 of 52