GĪTĀ READER
Aa ▾

Text size

Layers

11.10Sanjaya
✎ FIX

अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥

aneka-vaktra-nayanam anekādbhuta-darśanam |aneka-divyābharaṇaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham ||

अनेक · aneka
countless, many
वक्त्रनयनम् · vaktra-nayanam
with faces and eyes
अद्भुतदर्शनम् · adbhuta-darśanam
of wondrous appearance
दिव्याभरणम् · divyābharaṇam
with divine ornaments
दिव्य · divya
divine, shining
उद्यतायुधम् · udyatāyudham
with weapons raised aloft

With countless faces and eyes, of countless wondrous aspects, adorned with countless divine ornaments, holding aloft countless divine weapons.

Original plain-language translation

Sanjaya's description proceeds by deliberate overload: every noun carries 'many' or 'divine.' The raised weapons already hint at the all-consuming power Arjuna will soon perceive as terror.

Reader's notes (original)