Chapter 11, Verse 16
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्। नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप।।11.16।।
anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato'nantarūpam। nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādiṃ paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa।।11.16।।
Word by word
- अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रम्
- with many arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes
- पश्यामि
- I see
- त्वाम्
- You
- सर्वतः
- on all sides / everywhere
- अनन्तरूपम्
- of infinite/endless form
- न अन्तम्
- not an end
- न मध्यम्
- not a middle
- न पुनः
- nor again
- तव आदिम्
- Your beginning
- पश्यामि
- I see
- विश्वेश्वर
- O Lord of the universe
- विश्वरूप
- O You whose form is the universe
Commentary
16. I see Thee of boundless form on every side with multitudinous arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes ; neither Thy end nor the middle nor the beginning do I see, O Lord of the Universe, O Universal Form.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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