Chapter XI · Śloka 20
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि
व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।
दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं
लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥
व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।
दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं
लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥
dyāvā-pṛthivyor idam antaraṁ hi
vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśaś ca sarvāḥ ।
dṛṣṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedam
loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman ॥
vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśaś ca sarvāḥ ।
dṛṣṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedam
loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman ॥
The space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, are pervaded by You alone; beholding this wondrous, terrible form of Yours, the three worlds tremble, O great Soul.
Arjuna describes two simultaneous responses to the cosmic form — wonder (adbhuta) and terror (ugra) — reflecting that the sacred (rudra) is always both awe-inspiring and dreadful. The trembling of all three worlds shows that the revelation is cosmic, not merely personal.