Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 11

Bhagavad Gita 11.20

द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः। दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्॥

dyāv ā-pṛithivyor idam antaraṁ hi vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśhaśh cha sarvāḥ dṛiṣhṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedaṁ loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman

Translation

By Thee alone are filled the earth, the heavens, And all the regions that are stretched between; The triple worlds sink down, O mighty One, Before Thine awful manifested Form.

What it means

By You alone the heavens and earth and all between are pervaded; seeing this wondrous, terrible form, the three worlds tremble. Awe is universal, not private. Even the worlds, not just the witness, are shaken.

Try this today

Fear enters the response: the universe itself shudders at the sight.

Something to reflect on

Do I remember that awe is universal, not my private reaction?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.