Bhagavad Gita 11.23
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्। बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।
rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam. bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā'ham.।11.23।।
Listen to the sung verse
Word by word
- रूपं
- form
- महत्
- great, immense
- ते
- your
- बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
- having many mouths and eyes
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one
- बहुबाहूरुपादम्
- having many arms, thighs, and feet
- बहूदरं
- having many bellies
- बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
- terrible/fearsome with many tusks
- दृष्ट्वा
- having seen
- लोकाः
- the worlds/all beings
- प्रव्यथिताः
- are terrified, agitated
- तथा
- likewise, so too
- अहम्
- I (am terrified)
Commentary
23. Having seen Thy immeasurable Form, possessed, O Mighty- armed, of many mouths and eyes, of many arms and thighs and feet, and of many stomachs, and fearful with many tusks, the worlds are terrified, and I also.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
Verse Builder
Tap each meaning in order to match its Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit (in order)
Your answer
रूपं
महत्
ते
बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
महाबाहो
बहुबाहूरुपादम्
बहूदरं
बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
दृष्ट्वा
लोकाः
प्रव्यथिताः
तथा
अहम्
Word bank
Tap a word to place it in the next open slot. Tap a placed word to send it back.