Bhagavad Gita 11.19 Meaning

Bhagavad Gita 11.19

अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्यमनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥

Anadimadhyantamanantaviryamanantabahum shashisuryanetramPashyami tvam diptahutashavaktram svatejasa vishvamidam tapantam

anādimadhyāntamanantavīryamanantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram |paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktram svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam ||

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Our explanation Arjuna says he sees Krishna without beginning, middle or end, of endless power and endless arms, with the moon and the sun for eyes and a mouth like a blazing fire, heating the universe with his own radiance.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कहते हैं कि वे कृष्ण को आदि, मध्य और अंत से रहित देख रहे हैं, अनंत शक्ति और अनंत भुजाओं वाले; चंद्रमा और सूर्य उनके नेत्र हैं, उनका मुख जलती आग जैसा है, और वे अपने तेज से इस विश्व को तपा रहे हैं।

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अनादिमध्यान्तम् anādimadhyāntam · without beginning, middle or end (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 28, col. 1 “having no beginning, existing from eternity”; madhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 3 “the middle, midst, centre, inside, interior”; anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”
अनन्तवीर्यम् anantavīryam · of endless power (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 25, col. 1 “endless, boundless, eternal, infinite”; vīrya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1006, col. 3 “manliness, valour, strength, power, energy”
अनन्तबाहुम् anantabāhum · of endless arms (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 25, col. 1 “endless, boundless, eternal, infinite”; bāhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 730, col. 2 “the arm, (esp.) the fore-arm”
शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् śaśisūryanetram · with moon and sun as eyes (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: śaśin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1060, col. 2 “‘containing a hare,’ the moon”; sūrya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1243, col. 1 “the sun or its deity”; 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.”
दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् dīptahutāśavaktram · with a mouth of blazing fire (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: dīpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 2 “blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid”; hutāśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1301, col. 1 “obl°-eater, fire”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”
स्वतेजसा svatejasā · by your own radiance (compound (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: sva-tejas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 3 “o° own splendour”
विश्वम् viśvam · the universe (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: viśva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 992, col. 2 “all, every, every one; whole, entire, universal”
इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here”
तपन्तम् tapantam · heating (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. tap, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 436, col. 3 “to give out heat, be hot, shine (as the sun)”

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Bhagavad Gita 11.19: meaning and translation

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