Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.17

kiritinam gadinam cakrinam ca

tejo-rasim sarvato diptimantam

pasyami tvam durniriksyam samantad

diptanalarka-dyutim aprameyam

SYNONYMS

kiritinam -- with helmets; gadinam -- with maces; cakrinam -- with discs; ca -- and; tejah-rasim -- effulgence; sarvatah -- on all sides; dipti-mantam -- glowing; pasyami -- I see; tvam -- You; durniriksyam -- difficult to see; samantat -- everywhere; dipta-anala -- blazing fire; arka -- of the sun; dyutim -- the sunshine; aprameyam -- immeasurable.

TRANSLATION

Your form is difficult to see because of its glaring effulgence, spreading on all sides, like blazing fire or the immeasurable radiance of the sun. Yet I see this glowing form everywhere, adorned with various crowns, clubs and discs.

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