Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 11
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् । सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम्
divyamālyāmbaradharaṃ divyagandhānulepanam | sarvāścaryamayaṃ devamanantaṃ viśvatomukham
Translation
Wearing heavenly garlands and vestures, anointed with heavenly unguents, all-wonderful, resplendent, boundless, with faces on all sides.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- divyamālyāmbaradharam
- divine, necklaces, and, garments, and, wears, which, that
- divyagandhānulepanam
- divine, scent, and, unguents, of which, that
- sarvāścaryamayam
- full of all marvels
- devam
- God
- anantam
- endless
- viśvatomukham
- with faces all round
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
With faces on all sides: as He is the Self of all beings. Such a form He showed; or, such a form did Arjuna see.