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Chapter 11 · Verse 30 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.30

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Sanskrit

लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो।।11.30।।

Transliteration

lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣhṇo

Word by Word

lelihyase you are licking
grasamānaḥ devouring
samantāt on all sides
lokān worlds
samagrān all
vadanaiḥ with mouths
jvaladbhiḥ blazing
tejobhiḥ by effulgence
āpūrya filled with
jagat the universe
samagram all
bhāsaḥ rays
tava your
ugrāḥ fierce
pratapanti scorching
viṣhṇo Lord Vishnu
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna beholds the cosmic form where Krishna's fierce mouths consume all worlds, his radiance filling creation itself—this is the terrible beauty of divine omnipotence, the reality that all existence emerges from and returns to the Supreme. The Vedas teach that Brahman alone is real, and in this moment Arjuna witnesses the dissolution of separateness itself.

When life's circumstances feel overwhelming or when we glimpse the vastness of forces beyond our control, remember that you are not separate from this cosmic dance—you are held within it, sustained by the very power that devours and recreates worlds.

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Bhagavad Gita 11.30 — BG 11.30

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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