Bhagavad Gita 11.17 meaningThe vision of everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“You blaze like fire and the sun. It’s hard to look at you.”
What it means
“I see you crowned, holding a mace and a disc — a mass of light shining everywhere, hard to look at, blazing like fire and the sun, beyond measure.”
The original Sanskrit
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् । पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद् दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād dīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam
Translations
Literal translation
I see You as wearing a diadem, wielding a mace, and holding a disc; a mass of brilliance glowing all around, difficult to look at from all sides, possessed of the radiance of the blazing fire and sun, and immeasurable.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
मैं आप का मुकुटयुक्त, गदायुक्त और चक्रधारण किये हुये तथा सब ओर से प्रकाशमान् तेज का पुंज, दीप्त अग्नि और सूर्य के समान ज्योतिर्मय, देखने में अति कठिन और अप्रमेयस्वरूप सब ओर से देखता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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