किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् ।पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥
kirīṭinaṃ gadinaṃ cakriṇaṃ ca tejo-rāśiṃ sarvato dīptimantam |paśyāmi tvāṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ samantād dīptānalārka-dyutim aprameyam ||
- किरीटिनम् · kirīṭinam
- crowned with a diadem
- गदिनम् · gadinam
- bearing a mace
- चक्रिणम् · cakriṇam
- bearing a discus
- तेजोराशिम् · tejo-rāśim
- a mass of radiance
- दुर्निरीक्ष्यम् · durnirīkṣyam
- hard to look upon
- दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिम् · dīptānalārka-dyutim
- shining like blazing fire and sun
- अप्रमेयम् · aprameyam
- immeasurable
“I see you crowned, bearing mace and discus — a mass of radiance shining everywhere, hard to behold, blazing like fire and sun all around, immeasurable.”
— Original plain-language translation
Amid infinity, the familiar emblems of Vishnu — crown, mace, discus — reassure Arjuna that this is still his Krishna. Glory here is almost unbearable brightness; the vision begins to strain the seer even as it exalts him.
— Reader's notes (original)