Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga:: Verse 24
नभ:स्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं
व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा
धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥
nabha:-spṛśaṃ dīptam-aneka-varṇaṃ
vyāttānanaṃ dīpta-viśāla-netram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā
dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo – 11.24
Touching the skies, blazing with many colours, with wide open mouth and large brilliant eyes – seeing You thus, my soul is shaken, I have lost all stability and peace, O universal Lord!
Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: - Verse 24
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
A new crisis, confrontation, is building up in Arjuna. The earlier consternation was looking at his grandfather, teacher and his own kith and kin. Now the scene is different. There Duryodhana, as an enemy, caused the whole event. But here, Arjuna alone is the sole cause of the catastrophe.
Despite the difference, the result is unbearable to the greatly famed valorous fighter. Arjuna relates he has no strength left in him to bear the sight any more. Peace is gone, stability lost. He has no trace of will left in him. What a piteous plight for a hero like Arjuna!
