Gita Bhashya -Sankara 450

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -11

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Rūpam mahat-te bahu-vaktra-netram mahābāho bahū-bāhūru-pādam
Bahūdaram bahu-damstrā-karālam drstva lokāh pravyathitas-tathā(a)ham

23. O mighty-armed! Having seen Thy immeasur­ able form, with many mouths and eyes, with many arms, thighs and feet, with many bellies, and fearful with many tusks, the worlds are terrified, and so am I.

O mighty-armed! Huving seen Thy immeasurable form, of great magnitude, with many mouths and eyes, with many arms, thighs and feet, with many bellies, and fearful, hideous, with many tusks, on seeing such a form,- the worlds, i.e. living creatures of the worlds, are terrified, agitated with fear; and so am I as well-

The cause (of my fear) is this:

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