Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 23

Quick answer

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 23 (11.23) means: Seeing your vast form, with its many mouths and eyes, its many arms and thighs and feet, its many bellies, fearsome with many teeth, the worlds tremble, and so do I.

Sanskrit

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्। बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।

Transliteration

rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-danṣhṭrā-karālaṁ dṛiṣhṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham

Translation

Seeing your vast form, with its many mouths and eyes, its many arms and thighs and feet, its many bellies, fearsome with many teeth, the worlds tremble, and so do I.

Hindi

आपके विशाल रूप को, उसके अनेक मुखों और आँखों, अनेक भुजाओं, जाँघों और पैरों, अनेक उदरों, अनेक दाँतों से भयंकर देखकर, सारे लोक काँप उठते हैं, और मैं भी।

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 23?

Seeing your vast form, with its many mouths and eyes, its many arms and thighs and feet, its many bellies, fearsome with many teeth, the worlds tremble, and so do I.

Which chapter is verse 11.23 from?

It is verse 23 of Chapter 11 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 55 verses in total.

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