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Bhagavad-gītā 11.23

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 23

Devanagari

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥२३॥

Verse text

rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ
mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam
bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham

Synonyms

rūpamthe form — the form; mahatvery great — very great; teof You — of You; bahumany — many; vaktrafaces — faces; netramand eyes — and eyes; mahāO mighty-armed one-bāhoO mighty-armed one — O mighty-armed one; bahumany — many; bāhuarms — arms; ūruthighs — thighs; pādamand legs — and legs; bahumany bellies-udarammany bellies — many bellies; bahumany teeth-daṁṣṭrāmany teeth — many teeth; karālamhorrible — horrible; dṛṣṭvāseeing — seeing; lokāḥall the planets — all the planets; pravyathitāḥperturbed — perturbed; tathāsimilarly — similarly; ahamI — I.

Translation

O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your great form, with its many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs, and bellies and Your many terrible teeth; and as they are disturbed, so am I.

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