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अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्। पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम्।।11.19।।

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् || 19||

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 19
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
I see You without beginning, middle, or end, infinite in power, with endless arms, the sun and moon as Your eyes, the burning fire Your mouth, heating the entire universe with Your radiance.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna sees Krishna without beginning, middle, or end, with infinite power, infinite arms, the moon and sun as his eyes, his mouth a blazing fire, warming the universe with his radiance, the description continuing to build in cosmic, elemental imagery.

In life: sometimes describing something significant in your life through elemental, natural imagery, fire, sun, vastness, captures a felt truth about it that more literal, precise language actually fails to convey.

Teaching: if you're struggling to describe something genuinely significant that happened to you, try elemental or natural imagery instead of precise literal language, sometimes that captures the felt truth more accurately.

anādimadhyāntam ananta-vīryam ananta-bāhuṁ śhaśhi-sūrya-netram paśhyāmi tvāṁ dīpta-hutāśha-vaktraṁ sva-tejasā viśhvam idaṁ tapantam

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.19 अनादिमध्यान्तम् without beginning? middle or end? अनन्तवीर्यम् infinite in power? अनन्तबाहुम् of endless arms? शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् Thy eyes as the sun and the moon? पश्यामि (I) see? त्वाम् Thee? दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् Thy mouth as the burning fire? स्वतेजसा with Thy radiance? विश्वम् the universe? इदम् this? तपन्तम् heating.Commentary Anantabahu Having endless arms. This denotes that the multiplicity of His limbs are endless.