Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 24
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् । दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram | dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo
Translation
On seeing Thee (Thy Form) touching the sky, blazing in many colours, with mouths wide open, with large fiery eyes, I am terrified at heart and find no courage nor peace, O Viṣṇu.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- nabhaḥspṛśam
- heaven, touches, thus, him
- dīptam
- shining
- anekavarṇam
- various, colours, whose, him
- vyāttānanam
- opened, mouths, whose, him
- dīptaviśālanetram
- shining, large, eyes, whose, him
- dṛṣṭvā
- having seen
- hi
- indeed
- tvām
- Thee
- pravyathitāntarātmā
- trembling, mind, whose, he
- dhṛtim
- strength
- na
- not
- vindāmi
- (I) find
- śarma
- control
- ca
- and
- viṣṇo
- O Vishnu
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Many colours: fearful, putting on different shapes.