Bhagavad Gita 11.10: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 11.10
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥
AnekavaktranayanamanekadbhutadarshanamAnekadivyabharanam divyanekodyatayudham
anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam |anekadivyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham ||
Our explanation Sanjaya describes the form: it had many mouths and eyes, many wonderful sights, many divine ornaments and many divine weapons held up.
हिंदी अर्थ संजय उस रूप का वर्णन करते हैं: उसके अनेक मुख और अनेक नेत्र थे, अनेक अद्भुत दृश्य थे, अनेक दिव्य आभूषण थे, और अनेक दिव्य अस्त्र उठे हुए थे।
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- अनेकवक्त्रनयनम् anekavaktranayanam · with many mouths and eyes (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”; nayana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “‘the leading organ,’ the eye”
- अनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् anekādbhutadarśanam · with many wondrous sights (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; adbhuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 19, col. 1 “supernatural, wonderful, marvellous”; darśana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 470, col. 3 “seeing, observing, looking, noticing, observation, perception”
- अनेकदिव्याभरणम् anekadivyābharaṇam · with many divine ornaments (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”; ā-bharaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 146, col. 1 “ornament, decoration (as jewels &c.)”
- दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् divyānekodyatāyudham · with many divine weapons raised (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”; an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; ud-yata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 190, col. 3 “raised, held up, elevated, high”; ā-yudha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 149, col. 1 “a weapon”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 93.
having many mouths and eyes, having (within it) many wonderful sights, having many celestial ornaments, having many celestial weapons held erect,
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 93.
having many mouths and eyes, having (within it) many wonderful sights, having many celestial ornaments, having many celestial weapons held erect,
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 105.
With many mouths and eyes, with visions of many marvels, with many divine ornaments, with many divine weapons;
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 216.
With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous celestial ornaments, with numerous celestial weapons uplifted.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 93. Bhagavad Gita 11.10.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 105. Bhagavad Gita 11.10.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 216. Bhagavad Gita 11.10.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.10
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥
“having many mouths and eyes, having (within it) many wonderful sights, having many celestial ornaments, having many celestial weapons held erect,”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 93, public domain)
This sentence begins in 11.9. This sentence goes on in 11.11.
“With many mouths and eyes, with visions of many marvels, with many divine ornaments, with many divine weapons;”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 105, public domain)
This sentence begins in 11.9. This sentence goes on in 11.11.
“With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous celestial ornaments, with numerous celestial weapons uplifted.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 216, public domain)
This sentence begins in 11.9.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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