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TEXT 12

TEXT 12

Devanagari

Devanagari

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।
यदि भा: सदृशी सा स्याद्भ‍ासस्तस्य महात्मन: ॥ १२ ॥

Text

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divi sūrya-sahasrasya
bhaved yugapad utthitā
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād
bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ
divi sūrya-sahasrasya
bhaved yugapad utthitā
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād
bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ

Synonyms

Synonyms

divi — in the sky; sūrya — of suns; sahasrasya — of many thousands; bhavet — there were; yugapat — simultaneously; utthitā — present; yadi — if; bhāḥ — light; sadṛśī — like that; sā — that; syāt — might be; bhāsaḥ — effulgence; tasya — of Him; mahā-ātmanaḥ — the great Lord.

divi — am Himmel; sūrya — von Sonnen; sahasrasya — von vielen Tausenden; bhavet — es gab; yugapat — gleichzeitig; utthitā — gegenwärtig; yadi — wenn; bhāḥ — Licht; sadṛśī — wie das; sā — jenes; syāt — könnte sein; bhāsaḥ — Glanz; tasya — von Ihm; mahātmanaḥ — der große Herr.

Translation

Translation

If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form.

Wenn Hunderttausende von Sonnen gleichzeitig am Himmel aufstiegen, gliche ihr strahlender Glanz vielleicht dem Glanz der Höchsten Person in jener universalen Form.

Purport

Purport

What Arjuna saw was indescribable, yet Sañjaya is trying to give a mental picture of that great revelation to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Neither Sañjaya nor Dhṛtarāṣṭra was present, but Sañjaya, by the grace of Vyāsa, could see whatever happened. Thus he now compares the situation, as far as it can be understood, to an imaginable phenomenon (i.e., thousands of suns).

ERLÄUTERUNG: Was Arjuna sah, war unbeschreiblich; trotzdem versucht Sañjaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra eine Vorstellung von dieser großen Offenbarung zu vermitteln. Weder Sañjaya noch Dhṛtarāṣṭra waren auf dem Schlachtfeld zugegen, doch durch die Gnade Vyāsas konnte Sañjaya alle Geschehnisse beobachten. Daher vergleicht er jetzt die Situation, soweit sie überhaupt verstanden werden kann, mit einem vorstellbaren Phänomen (nämlich mit Tausenden von Sonnen).