लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः ।तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ |tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṃ bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||
- लेलिह्यसे · lelihyase
- you lick, lap up
- ग्रसमानः · grasamānaḥ
- devouring, swallowing
- समन्तात् · samantāt
- on every side
- लोकान् समग्रान् · lokān samagrān
- all the worlds entire
- वदनैः ज्वलद्भिः · vadanaiḥ jvaladbhiḥ
- with blazing mouths
- तेजोभिः · tejobhiḥ
- with radiance
- आपूर्य · āpūrya
- having filled
- प्रतपन्ति · pratapanti
- they scorch fiercely
- विष्णो · viṣṇo
- O Vishnu
“Licking up all the worlds entire on every side with your blazing mouths, devouring them — filling the whole universe with radiance, your fierce rays scorch it, O Vishnu.”
— Original plain-language translation
The licking tongue makes the cosmic devourer vividly bodily. Arjuna's vision peaks here in horror; his next words will be a direct question — who are you in this form? — the turning point of the chapter.
— Reader's notes (original)