Speaker: Arjuna
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्-
लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः ।
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥३०॥
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl
lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ
tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ
bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo
Word for word (synonyms)
- lelihyase
- licking
- grasamānaḥ
- devouring
- samantāt
- from all directions
- lokān
- people
- samagrān
- completely
- vadanaiḥ
- by the mouth
- jvaladbhiḥ
- with blazing
- tejobhiḥ
- by effulgence
- āpūrya
- covering
- jagat
- the universe
- samagram
- all
- bhāsaḥ
- illuminating
- tava
- Your
- ugrāḥ
- terrible
- pratapanti
- scorching
- viṣṇo
- O all-pervading Lord
Translation
O Viṣṇu, I see You devouring all people in Your flaming mouths and covering the universe with Your immeasurable rays. Scorching the worlds, You are manifest.
What this verse teaches
Arjuna sees the future outcomes of the war – Warriors entering the all-devouring Viśva-rūpa’s mouth.
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.