Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 24 (11.24)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं
व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा
धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो
॥ 11.24 ॥
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇaṃ
vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā
dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo
Translation
"O Vishnu, seeing you touching the sky, blazing, many-coloured, with gaping mouths and huge shining eyes, my inmost self is shaken — I find neither courage nor peace."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dyusparśam ity arthaḥ; pravyathitaḥ prabhītaḥ antarātmā manaḥ yasya mama; dhṛtiṃ dhairyaṃ na vindāmi na labhe śamaṃ ca upaśamanaṃ manastuṣṭiṃ.
Acharya Ramanuja. nabhaḥśabdaḥ … triguṇaprakṛtyatīta-paramavyomavācī — "nabhas" here means the supreme heaven beyond prakriti with its three gunas (with Upanishadic evidence); dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi, dehasya dhāraṇaṃ na labhe — I cannot hold my body steady.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.