With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous divine adornments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted, such a form He showed.
Translation by Swami Sivananda
Hindi meaning
।।11.10।। उस अनेक मुख और नेत्रों से युक्त तथा अनेक अद्भुत दर्शनों वाले एवं बहुत से दिव्य भूषणों से युक्त और बहुत से दिव्य शस्त्रों को हाथों में उठाये हुये।।
Hindi rendering by Swami Tejomayananda
English meaning
There were countless eyes, mouths, and innumerable mystic forms, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons.
Shri Purohit Swami
It has many mouths and eyes, wondrous sights, heavenly ornaments, and weapons held ready;
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Detailed explanation
Countless faces appeared there. Arjuna looked at this Cosmic Form in all its magnificence. He saw the Lord everywhere and in everything. The whole manifestation appeared as one gigantic body of the Lord. He saw the Lord as the allinall.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
Hindi commentary
।।11.10।। See commentary under 11.11
Swami Chinmayananda
।।11.10।। व्याख्या--'अनेकवक्त्रनयनम्'--विराट्रूपसे प्रकट हुए भगवान्के जितने मुख और नेत्र दीख रहे हैं, वे सब-के-सब दिव्य हैं। विराट्रूपमें जितने प्राणी दीख रहे हैं, उनके मुख, नेत्र, हाथ, पैर आदि सबकेसब अङ्ग विराट्रूप भगवान्के हैं। कारण कि भगवान् स्वयं ही विराट्रूपसे प्रकट हुए हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
Key teachings
Arjuna looked at this Cosmic Form in all its magnificence.
He saw the Lord everywhere and in everything.
The whole manifestation appeared as one gigantic body of the Lord.
Spiritual significance
In Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga (Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God), this verse belongs to the Gita’s teaching on bhakti yoga. Here the text presents that teaching through these words: With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous divine adornments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted, such a form He showed.
Chapter 11, verse 10 is part of Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga. In the English translation used on this page, it says: With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous divine adornments, with numerous divine weapons uplifted, such a form He showed.
What is the spiritual context of this verse?
It appears in Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga, a chapter associated with Bhakti Yoga. The cosmic form.