Bhagavad Gita 11.12 meaningThe vision of everything

In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it

It shines like a thousand suns rising together.

What it means

“If a thousand suns were to blaze in the sky at once, that might come close to the brilliance of that great being.”

The original Sanskrit

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता । यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ

Literal translation

Should the effulgence of a thousand suns blaze forth simultaneously in the sky, that might be similar to the radiance of that exalted One.

Swami Gambhirananda

हिंदी अनुवाद

आकाश में सहस्र सूर्यों के एक साथ उदय होने से उत्पन्न जो प्रकाश होगा, वह उस (विश्वरूप) परमात्मा के प्रकाश के सदृश होगा।

Swami Tejomayananda

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