Chapter 11, Verse 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।।
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
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