Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 16 (11.16)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं
पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम्
नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवाऽऽदिं
पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप
॥ 11.16 ॥
anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṃ
paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato'nantarūpam
nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavā''diṃ
paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa
Translation
"O Lord of the universe, O cosmic form — I see you everywhere with countless arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, infinite in form; I see neither your end, nor your middle, nor your beginning."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. anantāni rūpāṇi asya iti anantarūpaḥ; madhyaṃ nāma dvayoḥ koṭyoḥ antaram — the middle means what lies between two ends; na devasya antaṃ paśyāmi, na madhyaṃ paśyāmi, na punaḥ ādiṃ paśyāmi.
Acharya Ramanuja. viśvarūpa viśvaśarīra (corpus: viśvasta niyantaḥ — a spelling error, meaning "controller of the universe") — vishvarupa = the one whose body is the universe; yataḥ tvam anantaḥ, ataḥ tava na antaṃ na madhyaṃ na punaḥ tava ādiṃ ca paśyāmi.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.