Chapter 11 · Verse 30

Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God

लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता ल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः। तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṁ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣhṇo

Word Meanings

lelihyase — you are licking; grasamānaḥ — devouring; samantāt — on all sides; lokān — worlds; samagrān — all; vadanaiḥ — with mouths; jvaladbhiḥ — blazing; tejobhiḥ — by effulgence; āpūrya — filled with; jagat — the universe; samagram — all; bhāsaḥ — rays; tava — your; ugrāḥ — fierce; pratapanti — scorching; viṣhṇo — Lord Vishnu

Translation

Devouring all the worlds with Your blazing mouths, You lick them up on every side. Filling the entire universe with Your radiance, Your fierce rays scorch all things, O Vishnu!

Commentary

लेलिह्यसे (Thou) lickest? ग्रसमानः devouring? समन्तात् on every side? लोकान् the worlds? समग्रान् all? वदनैः with mouths? ज्वलद्भिः flaming? तेजोभिः with radiance? आपूर्य filling? जगत् the world? समग्रम् the whole? भासः rays? तव Thy? उग्राः fierce? प्रतपन्ति are burning? विष्णो O VishnuCommentary Vishnu means allpervading? Vyapanasila.