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Chapter 11. The Universal Form

TEXT 23

rupam mahat te bahu-vaktra-netram
maha-baho bahu-bahuru-padam
bahudaram bahu-damstra-karalam
drstva lokah pravyathitas tathaham

SYNONYMS

rupam--form; mahat--very great; te--of You; bahu--many; vaktra--faces; netram--eyes; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; bahu--many; bahu--arms; uru--thighs; padam--legs; bahu-udaram--many bellies; bahu-damstra--many teeth; karalam--horrible; drstva--seeing; lokah--all the planets; pravyathitah--perturbed; tatha--similarly; aham--I. 

TRANSLATION

O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your many faces, eyes, arms, bellies and legs and Your terrible teeth, and as they are disturbed, so am I.

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