दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā |yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ ||
- दिवि · divi
- in the sky
- सूर्यसहस्रस्य · sūrya-sahasrasya
- of a thousand suns
- युगपत् · yugapat
- at once, together
- उत्थिता · utthitā
- risen
- भाः · bhāḥ
- radiance
- सदृशी · sadṛśī
- like, comparable
- भासः · bhāsaḥ
- of the splendor
- महात्मनः · mahātmanaḥ
- of the great Being
“If the radiance of a thousand suns rising together in the sky were to burst forth at once — that might resemble the splendor of that great Being.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sanjaya reaches for the largest image available — a thousand simultaneous sunrises — and still says only 'might resemble.' In context the image marks splendor; the destructive aspect comes later, and the two should not be conflated.
— Reader's notes (original)