Chapter 11 · The Vision of the Universal Form

    Verse 12

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 11, Verse 12

    दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।11.12।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛiśhī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ

    Translation

    If a thousand suns were to rise at once in the sky, the resulting splendour would be like the splendour of that mighty One.
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