Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 11/Verse 23

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं
महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं
दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥११- २३॥

rūpaṃ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṃ
mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam ।
bahūdaraṃ bahudaṃṣṭrākarālaṃ
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham ॥11- 23॥

O Great Armed One, having seen the great form of you, many mouthed and eyed, one with many arms, thighs, and feet, many bellied, [and] having many terrible fangs, the worlds trembled, and also I.


rūpam (neuter, accusative, singular) = form

mahat (neuter, accusative, singular) = great 

te (pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, singular) = of you  

bahuvaktranetram (bahu + vaktra + netram) (neuter, accusative, singular) = many mouthed and eyed

mahābāhas (masculine, vocative, singular) = O Great Armed One (epithet of Krishna, in this case)

bahubāhūrupādam (bahu + bāhu + ūru + pādam) (masculine, accusative, singular) = one with many arms, thighs, and feet 

bahūdaram (bahu + udaram) (neuter, accusative, singular) = many bellied  

bahudaṃṣṭrākarālam (bahu + daṃṣṭrā + karālam) (neuter, accusative, singular) = having many terrible fangs

dṛṣṭvā (gerund) (indeclinable) = having seen 

lokās (masculine, nominative, plural) = worlds 

pravyathitās (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = trembled 

tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = also 

aham (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular) = I 

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