Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 23

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् । बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम्

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam | bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham

Translation

Having seen Thy immeasurable Form, possessed, O Mighty-armed, of many mouths and eyes, of many arms and thighs and feet, and of many stomachs, and fearful with many tusks, the worlds are terrified, and I also.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

rūpam

form

mahat

great

te

Thy

bahuvaktranetram

many, mouths, and, eyes, and, in which, that

mahābāho

O mighty-armed

bahubāhūrupādam

many, arms, and, thighs, and, feet, and, in which, that

bahūdaram

many, stomachs, in which, that

bahudaṃṣṭrākarālam

(with) many, with teeth, terrible

dṛṣṭvā

having seen

lokāḥ

the worlds

pravyathitāḥ

(are) distressed

tathā

also

aham

I

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The worlds: all living creatures in the world.