Speaker: Arjuna
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥२३॥
rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ
mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam
bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham
Word for word (synonyms)
- rūpam
- form
- mahat
- very great
- te
- of You
- bahu
- many
- vaktra
- faces
- netram
- eyes
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- bahu
- many
- bāhu
- arms
- ūru
- thighs
- pādam
- legs
- bahu-udaram
- many bellies
- bahu-daṁṣṭrā
- many teeth
- karālam
- horrible
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- lokāḥ
- all the planets
- pravyathitāḥ
- perturbed
- tathā
- similarly
- aham
- I
Translation
O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your many faces, eyes, arms, bellies and legs and Your terrible teeth, and as they are disturbed, so am I.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna’s description of Kālā-rūpa, the form of time – no origin, middle or end, spread everywhere with unlimited strength as the demigods offered prayers. Arjuna becomes fearful.
- Themes
- The Five Topics
In thematic compilations 1
- Arjuna describes the kāla-rupa of Kṛṣṇa (11.19-25)
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