Bhagavad Gita · 11.12
॥
Devanāgarī
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā |
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दिविdiviin the sky.
सूर्यसहस्रस्यsūrya-sahasrasyaof a thousand (sahasrasya) suns (sūrya).
भवेत्bhavetwere it to rise.
युगपत्yugapatat once, simultaneously.
उत्थिताutthitārisen.
यदिyadiif.
भाःbhāḥradiance.
सदृशीsadṛśīsimilar, comparable.
सा स्यात्sā syātit would be.
भासः तस्यbhāsaḥ tasyato the radiance (bhāsaḥ) of that (tasya).
महात्मनःmahātmanaḥof the great [form].
Translation
“If the light of a thousand suns were to rise in the sky at once, it might perhaps resemble the radiance of that great form.”
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