अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् ।नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ॥
aneka-bāhūdara-vaktra-netraṃ paśyāmi tvāṃ sarvato 'nanta-rūpam |nāntaṃ na madhyaṃ na punas tavādiṃ paśyāmi viśveśvara viśva-rūpa ||
- अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रम् · aneka-bāhūdara-vaktra-netram
- with countless arms, bellies, mouths, eyes
- सर्वतः · sarvataḥ
- on every side
- अनन्तरूपम् · ananta-rūpam
- of endless form
- अन्तम् · antam
- end
- मध्यम् · madhyam
- middle
- आदिम् · ādim
- beginning
- विश्वेश्वर · viśveśvara
- O Lord of the universe
- विश्वरूप · viśva-rūpa
- O universal-formed one
“I see you with countless arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes — endless in form on every side. I see no end, no middle, and no beginning of you, O Lord of the universe, O universal form.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna gropes for edges and finds none: no beginning, middle, or end. The verse turns vastness into address — the boundless is still 'you,' still the familiar charioteer, now recognized as the container of all.
— Reader's notes (original)