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Bhagavad-gītā 11.10-11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 10-11
- अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
- अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥१०॥
- दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् ।
- सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥११॥
- aneka-vaktra-nayanam
- anekādbhuta-darśanam
- aneka-divyābharaṇaṁ
- divyānekodyatāyudham
- divya-mālyāmbara-dharaṁ
- divya-gandhānulepanam
- sarvāścarya-mayaṁ devam
- anantaṁ viśvato-mukham
anekavarious — various; vaktramouths — mouths; nayanameyes — eyes; anekavarious — various; adbhutawonderful — wonderful; darśanamsights — sights; anekamany — many; divyadivine — divine; ābharaṇamornaments — ornaments; divyadivine — divine; anekavarious — various; udyatauplifted — uplifted; āyudhamweapons — weapons; divyadivine — divine; mālyagarlands — garlands; ambaradresses — dresses; dharamwearing — wearing; divyadivine — divine; gandhafragrances — fragrances; anulepanamsmeared with — smeared with; sarvaall — all; āścaryawonderful-mayamwonderful — wonderful; devamshining — shining; anantamunlimited — unlimited; viśvataḥall-pervading-mukhamall-pervading — all-pervading.
Arjuna saw in that universal form unlimited mouths, unlimited eyes, unlimited wonderful visions. The form was decorated with many celestial ornaments and bore many divine upraised weapons. He wore celestial garlands and garments, and many divine scents were smeared over His body. All was wondrous, brilliant, unlimited, all-expanding.
In these two verses the repeated use of the word many indicates that there was no limit to the number of hands, mouths, legs and other manifestations Arjuna was seeing. These manifestations were distributed throughout the universe, but by the grace of the Lord, Arjuna could see them while sitting in one place. That was due to the inconceivable potency of Kṛṣṇa.