11.16 anEkabAhUdharavakthranEthram

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Chapter 11

<< Chapter 11 verse 15

SlOkam – Original

anEkabAhUdharavakthranEthram paSyAmi thvAm sarvathO’nantharUpam |
nAntham na madhyam na punas thavAdhim paSyAmi viSvESvara viSvarUpa ||

word-by-word meaning

anEkabAhUdharavakthranEthram – having countless hands, stomachs, mouths, eyes
anantha rUpam – having countless forms
thavAm – you
sarvatha – on all sides
paSyAmi – I am seeing.
viSvESvara – Oh controller of all!
viSvarUpa – Oh one who has everything as your body!

(as your boundless)
thava – for you
na antham paSyAmi – I am not seeing the end
na madhyam (paSyAmi) – I am not seeing the middle
na puna Adhim (paSyAmi) – I am not seeing the beginning

Simple Translation

I am seeing you on all sides with countless hands, stomachs, mouths, eyes and forms. Oh controller of all! Oh one who has everything as your body! I am not seeing the end, middle or beginning for you.

Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam

‘I see You on every side countless-armed—
(countless-) breasted, (countless-) faced and (countless-) eyed, and of Form limitless. Yea! Kosmic King! Yea! Kosmic Figure! I see not the end or the middle, or even a beginning for You.’

Everywhere do I see You infinite, of countless arms and of countless breasts, of countless faces and of countless eyes.

Viśvesvara=The Wielder or King of the Universe.

Viśvarūpa=The Kosmic Figure, or He to whom the Kosmos is the body.

Inasmuch as You are ananta=endless, You have no end, no middle, and no beginning. Thus do I see You.

>> Chapter 11 verse 17

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