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Bhagavad Gita 11.12

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता। यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
dividiviin the sky
sūryasūryasuns
sahasrasyasahasrasyathousand
bhavetbhavetwere
yugapatyugapatsimultaneously
utthitāutthitārising
yadiyadiif
bhāḥbhāḥsplendor
sadṛiśhīsadṛiśhīlike
that
syātsyātwould be
bhāsaḥbhāsaḥsplendor
tasyatasyaof them
mahā-ātmanaḥmahā-ātmanaḥthe great personality

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to blaze out simultaneously in the sky, that would be the splendour of that mighty being.

आकाश में सहस्र सूर्यों के एक साथ उदय होने से उत्पन्न जो प्रकाश होगा, वह उस (विश्वरूप) परमात्मा के प्रकाश के सदृश होगा।।