Chapter XI · Śloka 30
Arjuna uvāca
लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ताल्-
लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः |
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ||
लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः |
तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं
भासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ||
lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantāl
lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ |
tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṃ
bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||
lokān samagrān vadanair jvaladbhiḥ |
tejobhir āpūrya jagat samagraṃ
bhāsas tavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo ||
You lick up and swallow all the worlds on every side with Your flaming mouths, flooding the entire universe with Your brilliance and scorching it with Your fierce rays, O Viṣṇu.
Arjuna's vision reaches its most intense pitch here — the entire cosmos is being consumed and simultaneously blazing with the divine radiance. The address 'Viṣṇu' acknowledges he is witnessing the all-pervading cosmic power.