11.23 The worlds tremble, and so do I Arjuna speaks
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्
rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ
mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam
bahūdaraṁ bahu-danṣhṭrā-karālaṁ
dṛiṣhṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham
Seeing your immense form, mighty-armed one, with many mouths and eyes, many arms, thighs and feet, many bellies and many terrible teeth, the worlds tremble, and so do I.
Explanation
The worlds tremble, and so do I.
tathāham — and so do I. Many mouths, arms, thighs, feet, bellies and many terrible teeth.
He puts himself in the sentence with the worlds. The teeth are new, and everything from here to 11.30 is about what the mouths are for.
Word by word
- rūpam
- form
- mahat
- magnificent
- te
- your
- bahu
- many
- vaktra
- mouths
- netram
- eyes
- mahā-bāho
- mighty-armed Lord
- bahu
- many
- bāhu
- arms
- ūru
- thighs
- pādam
- legs
- bahu-udaram
- many stomachs
- bahu-danṣhṭrā
- many teeth
- karālam
- terrifying
- dṛiṣhṭvā
- seeing
- lokāḥ
- all the worlds
- pravyathitāḥ
- terror-stricken
- tathā
- so also
- aham
- I
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