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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 17

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् | पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद् दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ||११-१७||

kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam . paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād dīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam ||11-17||

In plain words

Kiritam is a special ornament for the head the crown. Arjuna had worshipped the Lord as having a crown club and discus and the Lord showed him the same form now. He is in all forms and He is beyond all forms as the transcendental Reality.

Translation

11.17 I behold You as a mass of light shining everywhere, with diadem, mace and discus, hard to behold, blazing like a burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

Meaning

Kiritam is a special ornament for the head the crown. Arjuna had worshipped the Lord as having a crown club and discus and the Lord showed him the same form now. He is in all forms and He is beyond all forms as the transcendental Reality. Who can comprehend His GloryTejorasim A mass of splendour that cannot be perceived without the inner divine eye of intuition. Aprameyam Immeasurable whose limits cannot be fixed. I infer from this vision of Thy power of Yoga that Thu art the Imperishable etc.

Word by word

किरीटिनम् one with diadem गदिनम् with club चक्रिणम् with discus च and तेजोराशिम् a mass of radiance सर्वतः everywhere दीप्तिमन्तम् shining पश्यामि (I) see त्वाम् Thee दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् very hard to look at समन्तात् all round दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिम् blazing like burning fire and sun अप्रमेयम् immeasurable.