Bhagavad Gita · 11.30
॥
Devanāgarī
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता-
ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः ।
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्त्वोग्रः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl
lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ |
tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ
bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
लेलिह्यसेlelihyaseYou lick.
ग्रसमानःgrasamānaḥdevouring, consuming.
समन्तात्samantāton every side.
लोकान् समग्रान्lokān samagrānall (samagrān) the worlds (lokān), all people.
वदनैः ज्वलद्भिःvadanaiḥ jvaladbhiḥwith blazing (jvaladbhiḥ) mouths (vadanaiḥ).
तेजोभिःtejobhiḥwith radiance.
आपूर्यāpūryahaving filled.
जगत् समग्रम्jagat samagramthe whole universe.
भासः तव उग्रःbhāsaḥ tava ugrāḥYour (tava) terrible (ugrāḥ) rays (bhāsaḥ).
प्रतपन्तिpratapantiscorch, consume.
विष्णोviṣṇoO Viṣṇu!
Translation
“O Viṣṇu, You devour all these people on every side with Your blazing mouths, licking them up. Your terrible rays, filling the whole universe with their radiance, scorch it utterly.”
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