Learn·Chapter 11 · The vision of the cosmic form·Verse 12 of 55

Bhagavad Gītā 11.12, word by word

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः

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

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In English

Could a thousand suns blaze forth together, it would be but a faint reflection of the radiance of the Lord God.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out simultaneously in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty being.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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