11.19
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य-
मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।
पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं
स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥
anādimadhyāntam anantavīrya-
manantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram
paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ
svatejasā viśvam idaṃ tapantam
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 without beginning, middle, or end, of endless strength and endless arms, the moon and the sun your eyes, your mouth blazing fire, scorching this universe with your own brilliance.
नेपालीमा
म तपाईंलाई आदि, मध्य वा अन्त्य नभएको, अनन्त बल र अनन्त हात भएको, चन्द्र र सूर्य आँखा भएको, मुखमा बलिरहेको आगो भएको, आफ्नै तेजले यो विश्व पोल्दै गरेको देख्छु।
Where it sits
11.16 said there is no end, middle, or beginning. This verse puts that into the body: the eyes are the lights of the sky, and the mouth is fire turned on the world. The distress of the worlds follows.
Split: अनादि-मध्य-अन्तम् + अनन्त-वीर्यम् + अनन्त-बाहुम् + शशि-सूर्य-नेत्रम् + पश्यामि + त्वाम् + दीप्त-हुताश-वक्त्रम् + स्व-तेजसा + विश्वम् + इदम् + तपन्तम्
anādi-madhya-antam + ananta-vīryam + ananta-bāhum + śaśi-sūrya-netram + paśyāmi + tvām + dīpta-hutāśa-vaktram + sva-tejasā + viśvam + idam + tapantam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अनादि-मध्य-अन्तम् | anādi-madhya-antam | accusative | without beginning, middle, or end. |
| अनन्त-वीर्यम् | ananta-vīryam | accusative | of endless strength. vīrya (वीर्य) is might. |
| अनन्त-बाहुम् | ananta-bāhum | accusative | of endless arms. |
| शशि-सूर्य-नेत्रम् | śaśi-sūrya-netram | accusative | with the moon and the sun as eyes. śaśin (शशिन्) is the moon. |
| पश्यामि | paśyāmi | present, 1st singular | I see. |
| त्वाम् | tvām | accusative | you. |
| दीप्त-हुताश-वक्त्रम् | dīpta-hutāśa-vaktram | accusative | with a mouth of blazing fire. hutāśa (हुताश) is fire, the eater of the offering. |
| स्व-तेजसा | sva-tejasā | instrumental | by your own brilliance. |
| विश्वम् | viśvam | accusative | the universe. |
| इदम् | idam | accusative | this. |
| तपन्तम् | tapantam | accusative, present participle | scorching. From tap (तप्). |
The phrases
अनादि-मध्य-अन्तम् अनन्त-वीर्यम् अनन्त-बाहुम् शशि-सूर्य-नेत्रम् anādi-madhya-antam ananta-vīryam ananta-bāhum śaśi-sūrya-netram is the measure and the face. No beginning, middle, or end, strength without limit, arms without limit, and the moon and the sun for eyes.
पश्यामि त्वाम् दीप्त-हुताश-वक्त्रम् स्व-तेजसा विश्वम् इदम् तपन्तम् paśyāmi tvām dīpta-hutāśa-vaktram sva-tejasā viśvam idam tapantam is what the mouth does. I see you, mouth of blazing fire, scorching this universe with your own brilliance.
Sanskrit in this line
ananta-vīryam (अनन्त-वीर्यम्) is broken across the quarter: अनन्तवीर्य- / मनन्तबाहुम्. The m (म्) printed at the start of the next line is the end of vīryam (वीर्यम्), meeting the vowel of ananta (अनन्त). The second word is ananta-bāhum (अनन्त-बाहुम्), not a word mananta (मनन्त). Read the hyphen as the verse crossing the line.
Say it back
What the eyes are, and what the mouth is doing to the world. If tapantam (तपन्तम्) comes out as "lighting it gently," the scorching was softened.