Verset 11.12

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।

यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

11.12

Translittération

divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā |

yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out at once (simultaneously) in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty Being (great Soul).

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Mot à mot

in the sky
of a thousand suns
were
at once
risen

if
the light
like
that
might be
to the light
of that
great being

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Sanjaya reaches for a comparison and finds none adequate. If a thousand suns rose in the sky at once, their combined light might perhaps match the brilliance of the form. The conditional wording, if and might, shows that even this image falls short. This is among the most remembered verses of the Gita, quoted far beyond religious settings as an image of unimaginable radiance. In context, its role is to convey that the vision exceeds every ordinary measure. Light, which makes things visible, here becomes so intense that it almost blinds.