Bhagavad Gita · 11.17
॥
Devanāgarī
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च
तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् ।
पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता-
द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakriṇaṁ ca
tejo-rāśiṁ sarvato dīptimantam |
paśyāmi tvāṁ durnirīkṣyaṁ samantād
dīptānalārka-dyutim aprameyam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
किरीटिनम्kirīṭinamcrowned with a diadem.
गदिनम्gadinambearing a mace.
चक्रिणम् चcakriṇam caand bearing a discus.
तेजोराशिम्tejo-rāśimas a mass (rāśim) of splendor (tejas).
सर्वतःsarvataḥon all sides.
दीप्तिमन्तम्dīptimantamdazzlingly radiant.
पश्यामि त्वाम्paśyāmi tvāmI see You.
दुर्निरीक्ष्यम्durnirīkṣyamone who is hard (dur) to look upon (nirīkṣyam).
समन्तात्samantāteverywhere.
दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिम्dīpta-anala-arka-dyutimwhose radiance (dyutim) is like blazing (dīpta) fire (anala) and the sun (arka).
अप्रमेयम्aprameyamimmeasurable.
Translation
“I see You crowned with a diadem, bearing a mace and a discus, shining on all sides like a dazzling mountain of light. Everywhere I see Your unbearably brilliant, immeasurable radiance, like the light of a blazing fire and the sun.”
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