Sanskrit · Devanagari
अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य- मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम्। पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
anādimadhyāntamanantavīryam anantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetram paśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃ svatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I see you void of beginning middle end—of infinite power of unnumbered arms having the sun and moon for eyes having a mouth like a blazing fire
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।11.19।। --,अनादिमध्यान्तम् आदिश्च मध्यं च अन्तश्च न विद्यते यस्य सः अयम् अनादिमध्यान्तः तं त्वां अनादिमध्यान्तम्? अनन्तवीर्यं न तव वीर्यस्य अन्तः अस्ति इति अनन्तवीर्यः तं त्वाम् अनन्तवीर्यम्? तथा अनन्तबाहुम् अनन्ताः बाहवः यस्य तव सः त्वम्? अनन्तबाहुः तं त्वाम् अनन्तबाहुम्? शशिसूर्यनेत्रं शशिसूर्यौ नेत्रे यस्य तव सः त्वं शशिसूर्यनेत्रः तं त्वां शशिसूर्यनेत्रं चन्द्रादित्यनयनम्? पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं दीप्तश्च असौ हुताशश्च वक्त्रं यस्य तव सः त्वं दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रः तं त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम्? स्वतेजसा विश्वम् इदं समस्तं तपन्तम्।।
d9b02c6aa883…Rāmānuja
11.19 I behold You as without beginning, middle and end. Your might is infinite, of unsurpassed excellence. Here the term 'might' is used for illustration. The meaning is that You are the sole repository of knowledge, strength, sovereignty, valour, power and glory, one whose excellence cannot be surpassed. Your arms are infinite, i.e., they are countless. This is also for illustration, implying that You have an infinite number of arms, stomachs, feet, mouths etc. The sun and moon are Your eyes; all Your eyes are like the moon and the sun, beaming with grace and power. The grace is directed towards the devotees like the gods who offer salutations etc., and power is directed against Asuras, Raksasas etc., who are opposed to these. For it will be said later on: 'The Raksasas flee on all sides in fear, and all the hosts of Siddhas bow down to You' (11.36). Your mouth is emitting fire, namely, the fire appropriate for destroying all things, as the Fire of Time consumes the world at the time of dissolution. With Your own radiance You are warming the universe. By radiance (Tejas) is meant the poweer to vanish others. I behold You warming (or governing) the universe with Your own radiance. The meaning is this: 'I directly realise You' as taught before as the Creator of all, as the supporter of everything, as the sovereign over everything, as the destroyer of everything, as the ocean of knowledge and other infinite attributes, as without beginning, middle and end, and as possessing a divine body of this nature. How, in one divine body, can there be many stomachs etc.? This is possible in the following way: From a hip of infinite extent, stomachs etc., as described, branc off upwards. The divine feet etc., branch off downwards. So there is no contradiction in attributing a pair of eyes for each face. 'On perceiving You to be thus, the gods etc., and myself, have become frightened - says Arjuna in the following words:
9ad7c56b54f8…Swami Sivananda
11.19 अनादिमध्यान्तम् without beginning? middle or end? अनन्तवीर्यम् infinite in power? अनन्तबाहुम् of endless arms? शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् Thy eyes as the sun and the moon? पश्यामि (I) see? त्वाम् Thee? दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् Thy mouth as the burning fire? स्वतेजसा with Thy radiance? विश्वम् the universe? इदम् this? तपन्तम् heating.Commentary Anantabahu Having endless arms. This denotes that the multiplicity of His limbs are endless.
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