रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥
rūpaṃ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṃ mahābāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam |bahūdaraṃ bahu-daṃṣṭrā-karālaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham ||
- रूपम् महत् · rūpam mahat
- the great form
- बहुवक्त्रनेत्रम् · bahu-vaktra-netram
- with many mouths and eyes
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one
- बहुबाहूरुपादम् · bahu-bāhūru-pādam
- with many arms, thighs, feet
- बहूदरम् · bahūdaram
- with many bellies
- बहुदंष्ट्राकरालम् · bahu-daṃṣṭrā-karālam
- terrible with many fangs
- लोकाः · lokāḥ
- the worlds, people
- प्रव्यथिताः · pravyathitāḥ
- agitated, terrified
“Seeing your great form with its many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed one, with its many arms, thighs, feet, and bellies, terrible with many fangs — the worlds tremble, and so do I.”
— Original plain-language translation
The fangs appear: beauty curdles into terror. Arjuna stops reporting others' fear and admits his own — the first crack in the ecstasy, as the devouring aspect of the vision comes forward.
— Reader's notes (original)