Bhagavad Gita 11.11दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्।सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥
divya-mālyāmbara-dharaṁ divya-gandhānulepanam
sarvāśhcharya-mayaṁ devam anantaṁ viśhvato-mukham
Sanskrit recitation
The vision that undoes the ego · 11.9–11.34 · Scene
Translation
Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with divine unguents, the all-wonderful, resplendent Being is endless with faces on all sides.
Hindi translation
।।11.10 -- 11.11।। जिसके अनेक मुख और नेत्र हैं, अनेक तहरके अद्भुत दर्शन हैं, अनेक दिव्य आभूषण हैं, हाथोंमें उठाये हुए अनेक दिव्य आयुध हैं तथा जिनके गलेमें दिव्य मालाएँ हैं, जो दिव्य वस्त्र पहने हुए हैं, जिनके ललाट तथा शरीरपर दिव्य चन्दन, कुंकुम आदि लगा हुआ है, ऐसे सम्पूर्ण आश्चर्यमय, अनन्त रूपोंवाले तथा चारों तरफ मुखवाले देव-(अपने दिव्य स्वरूप-) को भगवान् ने दिखाया।
Meaning
Visvatomukham With faces on all sides, as He is the Self of all beings.Devam God. Also means resplendent.Anantam Endless. He Who is free from the three kinds of limitations, viz., DesaKalaVastuPariccheda (limitations of space, time, and thing respectively) is Anantam. He is Brahman. This philosophical concept is explained below.The pot is here. This is spacelimitatio. The pot is now here. This is timelimitation. The pot is not a cloth. This is thing(material) limitation. There is saffron in Kashmir only. This is limitation of space and thing. You can have apples only in September. This is limitation of time and thing. But Brahman is everywhere, as It is allpervading. It exists in the past, the present and the future. It dwells in all parts. Hence It is beyond these three limitations. It is therefore endless.
After Swami Sivananda
The vision that undoes the ego· 11.9–11.34→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 11.9Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken, O king, the great Lord of Yoga, Hari (Krishna), showed…
- 11.10With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous divine…
11.11Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with divine unguents, the all-wonderful,…
- 11.12If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out simultaneously in the sky, that…
- 11.13There, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the entire universe resting in one,…
- 11.14Then, Arjuna, filled with wonder and his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the God…
- 11.15Arjuna said, "O God, I see all the gods in Your body, as well as hosts of various classes…
- 11.16I see You with boundless form on every side, with many arms, stomachs, mouths, and eyes;…
- 11.17I see You with the diadem, club, and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very…
- 11.18You are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy of being known. You are the great…
- 11.19I see You without beginning, middle, or end, infinite in power, with endless arms, the sun…
- 11.20This space between the earth and the heavens, and all the quarters, is filled by You…
- 11.21Verily, these hosts of gods enter into Thee; some extol Thee with joined palms in fear,…
- 11.22The Rudras, Adityas, Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, the two Asvins, Maruts, the Manus, and…
- 11.23Having seen Your immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed one, with…
- 11.24On seeing Thee, touching the sky, shining in many colors, with mouths wide open, with…
- 11.25Having seen Thy mouths fearful with teeth blazing like the fires of cosmic dissolution, I…
- 11.26All the sons of Dhritarashtra, along with the hosts of kings of the earth, Bhishma, Drona,…
- 11.27Some hurry into Your mouths with their terrible teeth, fearful to behold. Some are found…
- 11.28Verily, just as many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so too these heroes in the…
- 11.29As moths hurriedly rush into a blazing fire, leading to their own destruction, so too…
- 11.30Thou lickest up, devouring all the worlds on every side with Thy flaming mouths. Thy…
- 11.31Tell me, who you are, so fierce of form. I offer my salutations to you, O God Supreme;…
- 11.32The Blessed Lord said, "I am the full-grown, world-destroying Time, now engaged in…
- 11.33Therefore, stand up and obtain fame. Conquer the enemies and enjoy the unparalleled…
- 11.34Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna, and other brave warriors have already been slain by Me;…
Word-by-word→
- devam
- Lord
- divya
- divine
- sarva
- all
- dharam
- wearing
- gandha
- fragrances
- mukham
- face
- mālya
- garlands
- anantam
- unlimited
- āmbara
- garments
- anulepanam
- anointed with
- viśhwataḥ
- all sides
- āśhcharya-mayam
- wonderful
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