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Chapter 11
kiritinam gadinam cakrinam ca tejorasim sarvato diptimantam
pasyami tvam durnirlksyam samantaddIptanalarkadyutimaprameyam
I see You, wearing a diadem, holding a mace and discus, a mass of effulgence, shining alround having a brilliance like the blazing fire and sun, dazzling and boundless on all sides. 17
Comment:-
Kiritinam gadinam cakrinam ca:- The Lord's cosmic form, retained the famous emblems, club, discus and also diadem. Here the term 'Ca' (and), should denote conch and lotus- Thus Arjuna could behold the four-armed Lord, also in that cosmic form
Tejorasim:- The cosmic form of the Lord, was a mass of splendour i.e., there was unlimited glitter in that form. Sanjaya also, described His splendour in these words, "If there were the effulgence of a thousand suns blazing forth, all at once in the sky, that would hardly be, like that of the mighty Lord" (11/12).
Sarvato diptimantam:- Being effulgence incarnate, the Lord was shining everywhere, on all sides.
Pasyami tvam durnirikayam samantaddiptanalarkadyutimaprameyam:- This brilliance of the cosmic form, of the Lord, was like that of blazing fire and sun. As brilliance of sun, dazzles the eyes, the lord's also dazzled the eyes; the eyes could not bear its sight. [Here it is surprising that though Arjuna was blessed with divine eyes, to behold that form, yet it dazzled him, because of its most wonderful effulgence.]
The splendour and effulgence, of the Lord, was limitless and immeasurable on all sides, and no other splendour can stand comparison with it.
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