Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 16
Chapter 11
Verse 17 of 55
Verse 18
Verse 11.17
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्। पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ता- द्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥11.17॥
11.17 kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca; tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād; dīptānalārkadyutim aprameyam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Bearing a diadem, a mace, and a discus, a mass of splendor shining on all sides, I see You, difficult to look at, all around, immeasurable, with the brilliance of blazing fire and the sun.

Stoller MillerLiterary

I see you blazing through the fiery rays of your crown, mace, and discus, hard to behold in the burning light of fire and sun that surrounds your measureless presence.

ZaehnerJesuit

(17) Yours the crown, the mace, the discus—a mass of glory shining on all sides—so do I see You—yet how hard are You to see,—for on every side there is brilliant light of fire and sun. Oh, who should comprehend it?

GambhiranandaAdvaita

11.17 I see You as wearing a diadem, wielding a mace, and holding a disc; a mass of brilliance glowing all around, difficult to look at from all sides, possessed of the radiance of the blazing fire and sun, and immeasurable.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

11.17 I behold You as a mass of light shining everywhere, with diadem, mace and discus, hard to behold, blazing like a burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

SivanandaVedanta

11.17 I see Thee with the diadem, the club and the discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very hard to look at, blazing all round like burning fire and the sun, and immeasurable.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 16
Chapter 11
Verse 17 of 55
Verse 18