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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