Speaker: Arjuna
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च
तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् ।
पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्
दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥१७॥
kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakriṇaṁ ca
tejo-rāśiṁ sarvato dīptimantam
paśyāmi tvāṁ durnirīkṣyaṁ samantād
dīptānalārka-dyutim aprameyam
Word for word (synonyms)
- kirīṭinam
- with helmets
- gadinam
- with maces
- cakriṇam
- with discs
- ca
- and
- tejorāśim
- effulgence
- sarvataḥ
- all sides
- dīptimantam
- glowing
- pasyāmi
- I see
- tvām
- You
- durnirīkṣyam
- difficult to see
- samantāt
- spreading
- dīpta-anala
- blazing fire
- arka
- sun
- dyutim
- sunshine
- aprameyam
- immeasurable
Translation
Your form, adorned with various crowns, clubs and discs, is difficult to see because of its glaring effulgence, which is fiery and immeasurable like the sun.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna’s realizations upon seeing the Viśva-rūpa – difficult to behold, and indicates Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy.
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.