Bhagavad Gita 11.24 Meaning: Nabhah sprisham

Bhagavad Gita 11.24

नभः स्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णम् व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥

Nabhah sprisham diptamanekavarnam vyattananam diptavishalanetramDrishtva hi tvam pravyathitantaratma dhritim na vindami shamam cha vishno

nabhaḥ spṛśaṃ dīptamanekavarṇam vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram |dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo ||

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Our explanation Arjuna addresses Krishna as Viṣṇu. Seeing him touching the sky, blazing, of many colours, with mouths wide open and large shining eyes, Arjuna says he is shaken within and finds neither steadiness nor peace.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कृष्ण को विष्णु कहकर पुकारते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि आकाश को छूते, दीप्त, अनेक रंगों वाले, खुले मुखों और बड़ी चमकती आँखों वाले उस रूप को देखकर उनका अंतर्मन व्यथित है, और उन्हें न धीरज मिलता है, न शांति।

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नभःस्पृशम् nabhaḥspṛśam · touching the sky (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: nabhaḥ-spṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 527, col. 3 “‘sky-touching,’ attaining heaven”; nabhas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 527, col. 3 “the sky or atmosphere”
दीप्तम् dīptam · blazing (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: dīpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 2 “blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid”
अनेकवर्णम् anekavarṇam · of many colours (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; varṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 924, col. 2 “colour, tint, dye, pigment”
व्यात्ताननम् vyāttānanam · with mouths wide open (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: vy-āttānana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1037, col. 1 “open-mouthed”
दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् dīptaviśālanetram · with large blazing eyes (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: dīpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 2 “blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid”; viśāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 990, col. 1 “spacious, extensive, broad, wide, large”; netra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 568, col. 3 “the eye”
दृष्ट्वा dṛṣṭvā · having seen (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
हि hi · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
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.”
प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा pravyathitāntarātmā · shaken in the inmost self (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-vyathita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 694, col. 2 “affrighted, distressed, pained”; antar-ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “the soul; the internal feelings, the heart or mind”
धृतिम् dhṛtim · steadiness, courage (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: dhṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 519, col. 3 “firmness, constancy, resolution”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
विन्दामि vindāmi · find (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 3. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 964, col. 3 “to find, discover, meet or fall in with, obtain, get, acquire”
शमम् śamam · calm, peace (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: śama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1053, col. 3 “tranquillity, calmness, rest, equanimity, quietude or quietism, absence of passion”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
विष्णो viṣṇo · O Vishnu (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: viṣṇu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 999, col. 1 “(prob. fr. √vish, 'All-pervader' or 'Worker') N. of one of the principal Hindū deities”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition prints नभः स्पृशं as two words and writes वर्णम् at the printed line end; the e-text joins नभःस्पृशं and writes वर्णं.

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