11.20 The three worlds tremble Arjuna speaks
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः
दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्
dyāv ā-pṛithivyor idam antaraṁ hi
vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśhaśh cha sarvāḥ
dṛiṣhṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedaṁ
loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman
This space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, is filled by you alone. Seeing this wonderful and terrible form of yours, great being, the three worlds tremble.
Explanation
The three worlds tremble.
Space between heaven and earth filled by him alone — and the form is named adbhutam and ghoram: wonderful and terrible.
Both words, joined. Arjuna is not revising his opinion; he is reporting that the two arrive together and cannot be separated.
Word by word
- dyau-ā-pṛithivyoḥ
- between heaven and earth
- idam
- this
- antaram
- space between
- hi
- indeed
- vyāptam
- pervaded
- tvayā
- by you
- ekena
- alone
- diśhaḥ
- directions
- cha
- and
- sarvāḥ
- all
- dṛiṣhṭvā
- seeing
- adbhutam
- wondrous
- rūpam
- form
- ugram
- terrible
- tava
- your
- idam
- this
- loka
- worlds
- trayam
- three
- pravyathitam
- trembling
- mahā-ātman
- The greatest of all beings
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