द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमिदं तवोग्रं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥
dyāv-āpṛthivyor idam antaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaś ca sarvāḥ |dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpam idaṃ tavograṃ loka-trayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman ||
- द्यावापृथिव्योः · dyāv-āpṛthivyoḥ
- of heaven and earth
- अन्तरम् · antaram
- the space between
- व्याप्तम् · vyāptam
- pervaded, filled
- त्वया एकेन · tvayā ekena
- by you alone
- दिशः · diśaḥ
- the directions
- अद्भुतम् उग्रम् · adbhutam ugram
- wondrous and terrible
- लोकत्रयम् · loka-trayam
- the three worlds
- प्रव्यथितम् · pravyathitam
- tremble, are shaken
- महात्मन् · mahātman
- O great Being
“The space between heaven and earth is filled by you alone, and all the directions too. Seeing this wondrous, terrible form of yours, the three worlds tremble, O great Being.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna now speaks for all three worlds, not just himself — fear becomes cosmic. The form is simultaneously adbhuta (wonderful) and ugra (fierce); the Gita insists the divine contains both faces.
— Reader's notes (original)