Bhagavad Gita 11.16 Meaning: Anekabahudaravaktranetram

Bhagavad Gita 11.16

अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रम् पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् ।नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिम् पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ॥

Anekabahudaravaktranetram pashyami tvam sarvatonantarupamNantam na madhyam na punastavadim pashyami vishveshvara vishvarupa

anekabāhūdaravaktranetram paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato’nantarūpam |nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punastavādim paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa ||

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Our explanation Arjuna says he sees Krishna everywhere, of endless form, with many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes. He calls him lord of the universe and universal form (viśvarūpa), and says he sees no end, no middle and no beginning of him.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि वे कृष्ण को हर ओर अनंत रूप में देख रहे हैं, अनेक भुजाओं, उदरों, मुखों और नेत्रों के साथ। वे उन्हें विश्वेश्वर और विश्वरूप कहते हैं, और कहते हैं कि उन्हें उनका न अंत दिखता है, न मध्य, न आदि।

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अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रम् anekabāhūdaravaktranetram · with many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; bāhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 730, col. 2 “the arm, (esp.) the fore-arm”; udara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 184, col. 2 “the belly, abdomen, stomach, bowels”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”; netra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 568, col. 3 “the eye”
पश्यामि paśyāmi · see (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
त्वाम् tvām · you (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
सर्वतः sarvataḥ · on every side (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 1 “from all sides, in every direction, everywhere”
अनन्तरूपम् anantarūpam · of endless forms (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-anta-rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 25, col. 1 “having innumerable forms or shapes”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
अन्तम् antam · end (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”
न na · nor (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
मध्यम् madhyam · middle (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: madhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 3 “the middle, midst, centre, inside, interior”
न na · nor (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
पुनः punaḥ · again, also (indeclinable) Dictionary: punar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 633, col. 2 “again, once more”
तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
आदिम् ādim · beginning (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement”
पश्यामि paśyāmi · see (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
विश्वेश्वर viśveśvara · O Lord of all (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: viśveśvara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 994, col. 2
विश्वरूप viśvarūpa · O you of every form (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: viśva-rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 993, col. 3 “wearing all forms, manifold, various”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. At the printed line ends of this long-metre verse the 1922 edition writes नेत्रम् and आदिम् (with virama, not anusvara); the e-text writes नेत्रं and आदिं.

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