Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 25 (11.25)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि
दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि
दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म
प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास
॥ 11.25 ॥
daṃṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni
dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni
diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma
prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa
Translation
"As soon as I see your mouths, terrible with tusks, like the fire of cosmic dissolution, I lose all sense of direction and find no ease. O Lord of gods, O abode of the universe — be gracious."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. pralayakāle lokānāṃ dāhakaḥ agniḥ kālānalaḥ; diśaḥ pūrvāparavivekena na jāne, diṅmūḍho jātaḥ asmi — I cannot tell east from west; I have lost my bearings; na labhe … śarma sukham.
Acharya Ramanuja. yugāntakālānalavat sarvasaṃhāre pravṛttāni atighorāṇi tava mukhāni; māṃ prati prasanno bhava yathā ahaṃ prakṛtiṃ gato bhavāmi tathā kuru — be gracious to me, so that I may return to my natural state. Then Ramanuja's account of the story: the Lord showed that bhūbhārāvataraṇaṃ svamanīṣitaṃ svena eva kariṣyamāṇaṃ — lifting the burden of the earth is his own resolve, which he himself will carry out.
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