Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 30
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्- लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः । तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl- lokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ | tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo
Translation
Thou lickest up devouring all worlds on every side with Thy flaming mouths, filling the whole world with flames. Thy fierce rays are blazing forth, O Viṣṇu.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- lelihyase
- (thou) lickest
- grasamānaḥ
- grasping
- samantāt
- from every side
- lokān
- the worlds
- samagrān
- the whole
- vadanaiḥ
- with faces
- jvaladbhiḥ
- (with) fiery
- tejobhiḥ
- with splendours
- āpūrya
- having filled
- jagat
- the world
- samagram
- whole
- bhāsaḥ
- glory
- tava
- thy
- ugrāḥ
- fierce
- pratapanti
- burning
- viṣṇo
- O Vishnu
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Viṣṇu: all-pervading.