Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.30

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl

lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ

tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraḿ

bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo

SYNONYMS

lelihyase — You are licking; grasamānaḥ — devouring; samantāt — from all directions; lokān — people; samagrān — all; vadanaiḥ — by the mouths; jvaladbhiḥ — blazing; tejobhiḥ — by effulgence; āpūrya — covering; jagat — the universe; samagram — all; bhāsaḥ — rays; tava — Your; ugrāḥ — terrible; pratapanti — are scorching; viṣṇo — O all-pervading Lord.

TRANSLATION

O Viṣṇu, I see You devouring all people from all sides with Your flaming mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest with terrible, scorching rays.

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