The Gita

Chapter 11 · Verse 25 of 55

The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

Meaning

Arjuna spoke

As I witness your mouths, fearsome with tusks and blazing with flames resembling the furious fire of cosmic annihilation, my sense of orientation fades, and I find no solace. Hence, O God of gods and Sanctuary of all existence, bestow your benevolence. (11:25)

Sanskrit

अर्जुन उवाच

दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि ।

दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास॥

Word-by-word

दंष्ट्रा करालानि च, ते मुखानि

दृष्ट्वा एव, काल-अनल-सन्निभानि; दिशः न जाने, न लभे च शर्म, प्र-सीद देव-ईश जगत्-निवास!

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