1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 25

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The Cosmic Vision Defined 15-31

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 25

Damshtra karalani cha te mukhani drushtva eva kala anala sannibhani I

Dishah na jane na labhe cha sharma prasida devesha jagat nivasa II sloka 25

दंष्ट्रा करालानि च ते मुखानि दृष्ट्वा एव काल अनल सन्निभानि I 

दिशः न जाने न लभे च शर्म प्रसीद देवेश जगत् निवास II श्लोक 25 

\When I see your mouths terrible with tusks resembling Pralaya fires, I know not the four quarters nor do I find peace. Be gracious, O Lord of the Gods, O Abode of the Universe.

The quarters are discerned with the help of the sun and moon. But let it be supposed that one gets immersed in the womb of the blazing and boundless sun. In such a situation the quarters and the directions are all lost sight of. Arjuna finds himself in such a position now. Like the fire of the dissolution of the universe, the all consuming blaze of the cosmic form has confounded Arjuna. Therefore he begs the Lord to withdraw that terrible form and resume the calm and gracious form.