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Verse 11·19

The supreme reality transcends all measure

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अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्यम्अनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रंस्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥

anādimadhyāntamanantavīryamanantabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetrampaśyāmi tvāṃ dīptahutāśavaktraṃsvatejasā viśvamidaṃ tapantam

I behold Thee without end or middle or beginning, of infinite force, of numberless arms, Thy eyes are suns and moons, Thou hast a face of blazing fire and thou art ever burning up the whole universe with the flame of Thy energy.

Gītā 11·19

But in the greatness of this vision there is too the terrific image of the Destroyer. This Immeasurable without end or middle or beginning is he in whom all things begin and exist and end. This Godhead who embraces the worlds with his numberless arms and destroys with his million hands, whose eyes are suns and moons, has a face of blazing fire and is ever burning up the whole universe with the flame of his energy.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · pp. 379–80

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