BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:20

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:20

 

dyav a-prthivyor idam antaram hi

vyaptam tvayaikena disas ca sarvah

drstvadbhutam rupam ugram tavedam

loka-trayam pravyathitam mahatman

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

dyau--from outer space; a-prthivyoh--to the earth; idam--this;

antaram--between; hi--certainly; vyaptam--pervaded; tvaya--by You;

ekena--alone; disah--directions; ca--and; sarvah--all; drstva--by

seeing; adbhutam--wonderful; rupam--form; ugram--terrible; tava--Your;

idam--this; loka--the planetary systems; trayam--three;

pravyathitam--perturbed; maha-atman--O great one.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Although You are one, You spread throughout the sky and the planets

and all space between. O great one, seeing this wondrous and terrible

form, all the planetary systems are perturbed.

 

PURPORT

 

Dyav a-prthivyoh ("the space between heaven and earth") and

loka-trayam

("the three worlds") are significant words in this verse because it appears

that not only did Arjuna see this universal form of the Lord, but

others in other planetary systems saw it also. Arjuna's seeing of the

universal form was not a dream. All whom the Lord endowed with divine

vision saw that universal form on the battlefield.

 

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