11.24 I find no steadiness Arjuna speaks
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो
nabhaḥ-spṛiśhaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ
vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśhāla-netram
dṛiṣhṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā
dhṛitiṁ na vindāmi śhamaṁ cha viṣhṇo
Touching the sky, blazing, of many colours, your mouths open and your eyes wide and burning — seeing you so, my inmost self shakes, and I find no steadiness and no peace, Vishnu.
Explanation
My inmost self shakes.
Touching the sky, blazing, mouths open and eyes wide and burning — and I find no steadiness and no peace.
He addresses him as Vishnu here, formally. The praise language is intact and the man using it has come apart, which is the chapter's whole achievement.
Word by word
- nabhaḥ-spṛiśham
- touching the sky
- dīptam
- effulgent
- aneka
- many
- varṇam
- colors
- vyātta
- open
- ānanam
- mouths
- dīpta
- blazing
- viśhāla
- enormous
- netram
- eyes
- dṛiṣhṭvā
- seeing
- hi
- indeed
- tvām
- you
- pravyathitāntar-ātmā
- my heart is trembling with fear
- dhṛitim
- firmness
- na
- not
- vindāmi
- I find
- śhamam
- mental peace
- cha
- and
- viṣhṇo
- Lord Vishnu
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