Chapter 11 - Verse 23

The terribleness of the Universal Form.

For,

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्रनेत्रम्
महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालम्
दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम् ॥ २३ ॥

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvakranetram
mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam .
bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālam
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathā’ham .. 23 ..


Having seen Thy immeasurable Form, possessed, O Mighty-armed, of many mouths and eyes, of many arms and thighs and feet, and of many stomachs, and fearful with many tusks, the worlds are terrified, and I also.
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The worlds : all living creatures in the world.

Here follows the cause (of my terror) :