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Bhagavad Gītā 11.12

BG 11.12

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः

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

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

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

divi—in the sky; sūrya—suns; sahasrasya—thousand; bhavet—were; yugapat—simultaneously; utthitā—rising; yadi—if; bhāḥ—splendor; sadṛiśhī—like; sā—that; syāt—would be; bhāsaḥ—splendor; tasya—of them; mahā-ātmanaḥ—the great personality

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 11.12, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/11.12), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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