Verse 11.19

अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य-

मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।

पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं

स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥

11.19

Transliteration

anādimadhyāntamanantavīrya-

manantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram |

paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ

svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

I see Thee without beginning, middle or end, infinite in power, of endless arms, the sun and the moon being Thy eyes, the burning fire Thy mouth, heating the whole universe with Thy radiance.

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Word by word

without beginning middle or end
of endless power

of endless arms
with moon and sun as eyes

I see
you
mouth of blazing fire

with your radiance
universe
this
scorching

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Arjuna returns to description, and the tone grows more intense. Again he finds no beginning, middle or end. The moon and sun are Krishna's eyes, and his mouth is a blazing fire. Most striking is the last image: Krishna's radiance is scorching the whole world. Until now the light of the form has been dazzling; here it begins to burn. The verse marks the turn from wonder toward fear. The same brilliance that revealed the universe now seems to threaten it, preparing for the terrifying images of devouring mouths that follow.