Gita Bhashya -Sankara 457

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -11

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And, Thou

Lelihyase grasamanah samantāl-lokān-samagrānvadanuir-jvaladbhih
Tejobhir-āpūrvtt jagat-samagram bhāsastavogrāh pratapanti Visno

30. (Thou) lickest up, swallowing all the worlds on every side with thy flaming mouths, filling the whole world with radiance.

Thy fierce rays are burning, O Visnu! (Thou) lickest up, tasteth, swallowing, taking in, all the worlds on every side, with Thy flaming mouths, filling the whole world with radiance. Moreover, Thy fierce rays, brilliant beams of heat and light, are burning, causing distress, 0 Visnu, the All-pervading One!

Because Thou art so terrible, therefore.,

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