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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