11.17
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च
तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् ।
पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्
दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca
tejorāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam
paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād
dīptānalārkadyutim aprameyam
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
I see you crowned, with mace and discus, a mass of brilliance blazing on every side, hard to look at, your light the light of blazing fire and of the sun, immeasurable.
नेपालीमा
म तपाईंलाई मुकुट लगाएको, गदा र चक्र लिएको, सबैतिर तेजको राशि दन्किरहेको, हेर्न गाह्रो, बलिरहेको आगो र सूर्यको जस्तो प्रकाश भएको, अमाप देख्छु।
Where it sits
For a moment the form wears the crown and the discus, which he will ask back for in 11.46. Here they do not make him easy to see. The light is already too much.
Split: किरीटिनम् + गदिनम् + चक्रिणम् + च + तेजः-राशिम् + सर्वतः + दीप्तिमन्तम् + पश्यामि + त्वाम् + दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् + समन्तात् + दीप्त-अनल-अर्क-द्युतिम् + अप्रमेयम्
kirīṭinam + gadinam + cakriṇam + ca + tejaḥ-rāśim + sarvataḥ + dīptimantam + paśyāmi + tvām + durnirīkṣyam + samantāt + dīpta-anala-arka-dyutim + aprameyam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| किरीटिनम् | kirīṭinam | accusative | crowned. kirīṭa (किरीट) is a crown. The stem is kirīṭin (किरीटिन्). |
| गदिनम् | gadinam | accusative | bearing a mace. gadā (गदा) is the mace. |
| चक्रिणम् | cakriṇam | accusative | bearing a discus. cakra (चक्र) is the discus. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| तेजः-राशिम् | tejaḥ-rāśim | accusative | a mass of brilliance. rāśi (राशि) is a heap. |
| सर्वतः | sarvataḥ | indeclinable | on every side. |
| दीप्तिमन्तम् | dīptimantam | accusative | blazing. dīpti (दीप्ति) is light. The stem is dīptimat (दीप्तिमत्). |
| पश्यामि | paśyāmi | present, 1st singular | I see. |
| त्वाम् | tvām | accusative | you. |
| दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् | durnirīkṣyam | accusative | hard to gaze at. dur (दुर्) is "ill, hard." nirīkṣya (निरीक्ष्य) is "to be looked at." |
| समन्तात् | samantāt | indeclinable | from every side. All around. |
| दीप्त-अनल-अर्क-द्युतिम् | dīpta-anala-arka-dyutim | accusative | with the light of blazing fire and of the sun. anala (अनल) is fire. arka (अर्क) is the sun. dyuti (द्युति) is brilliance. |
| अप्रमेयम् | aprameyam | accusative | immeasurable. |
The phrases
kirīṭinam gadinam cakriṇam ca (किरीटिनम् गदिनम् चक्रिणम् च) is the figure he can almost name. Crown, mace, discus. These are the marks of the familiar lord, now inside the endless form.
tejaḥ-rāśim sarvataḥ dīptimantam (तेजः-राशिम् सर्वतः दीप्तिमन्तम्) is the light around that figure. A heap of brilliance, blazing on every side.
पश्यामि त्वाम् दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् समन्तात् दीप्त-अनल-अर्क-द्युतिम् अप्रमेयम् paśyāmi tvām durnirīkṣyam samantāt dīpta-anala-arka-dyutim aprameyam says the eye can barely do its job. Hard to look at, from every side, light like fire and the sun, and no measure.
Sanskrit in this line
kirīṭin (किरीटिन्), gadin (गदिन्), cakrin (चक्रिन्) are stems in --in (इन्). The accusative singular is --inam (इनम्). The suffix means "having" the noun in front of it. samantāt (समन्तात्) at the end of the third quarter meets dīpta (दीप्त), and t (त्) voices to d (द्): the line ends samantād (समन्ताद्). The word is still samantāt (समन्तात्).
Say it back
Crown, mace, discus, and why the eye fails. If durnirīkṣyam (दुर्निरीक्ष्यम्) comes out as "clearly seen," the dur (दुर्) was dropped.