Bhagavad Gita/bg.11.12

Verse 11.12

bg.11.12

Sanskrit

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।11.12।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛiśhī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out simultaneously in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty being.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।11.12।। अगर आकाशमें एक साथ हजारों सूर्य उदित हो जायँ, तो भी उन सबका प्रकाश मिलकर उस महात्मा-(विराट् रूप परमात्मा-) के प्रकाशके समान शायद ही हो।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

divi—in the sky; sūrya—suns; sahasrasya—thousand; bhavet—were; yugapat—simultaneously; utthitā—rising; yadi—if; bhāḥ—splendor; sadṛiśhī—like; sā—that; syāt—would be; bhāsaḥ—splendor; tasya—of them; mahā-ātmanaḥ—the great personality

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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