Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 358

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-11 Viśvarūpa Darśana Yogaḥ

anādi madhyāntam ananta-vīryam ananta bāhuṃ śaśi-sūrya netram | paśyami tvāṃ dīpta hutāśa vaktraṃ sva-tejasā viśvam idaṃ tapantam || 19 || 19. I behold You without beginning, middle and end. Your creative potency is infinite and You are endowed with a countless number of arms. The sun and moon are Your eyes and Your mouth is emitting blazing fire and searing the entire universe with your radiance. Commentary “I visualise You [expanding] without beginning, middle and end. Your creative might is infinite and of unsurpassed excellence.” Here the term ‘virya’ is illustrative of the six divine attributes of knowledge, energy, sovereignty, creative potency, power and splendour. ‘Your arms are countless’ — this too is illustrative, implying that the Lord has an infinite number of arms, torsos, feet, faces etc. ‘The sun and moon are Your eyes’— all Your eyes are like the Moon and the Sun, beaming with Grace (Moon) and Justice (Sun). The Grace is directed towards the devotees like the Devas who offer salutations etc., and Justice is directed against Asuras, Rakshasas etc., who are opposed to them. ‘Your mouth is emitting blazing fire’ — namely, the fire of ultimate cosmic destruction, as the Fire of Time consumes the world at the time of final dissolution. ‘With Your radiance You are searing the entire universe’ — by radiance (Tejas) is meant the power to vanquish others. I behold You ‘burning’ or governing the universe with Your own radiance.