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Bhagavad Gita 11.19

By Bhagavan Sri Krishna | Published 08/21/2005
Category: The Gita: Chapter 11
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Text 19

anadi-madhyantam ananta-viryam
ananta-bahum sasi-surya-netram
pasyami tvam dipta-hutasa-vaktram
sva-tejasa vishvam idam tapantam

Translation

You are without origin, middle or end. Your glory is unlimited. You have numberless arms, and the sun and moon are Your eyes. I see You with blazing fire coming forth from Your mouth, burning this entire universe by Your own radiance.

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

There is no limit to the extent of the six opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here and in many other places there is repetition, but according to the scriptures, repetition of the glories of Krishna is not a literary weakness. It is said that at a time of bewilderment or wonder or of great ecstasy, statements are repeated over and over. That is not a flaw.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

With words like anadi, Arjuna seems to repeat himself. Do not find fault however with the repetition in the words of Arjuna, who was submerged in the ocean of the rasa of great astonishment (maha vismaya rasa). It is said: prasade vismaye harse dvi-trir-uktam na dusyati: repetition of statements two or three times due to joy, astonishment or kindness is not a fault.


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