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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