Verse 24

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In plain words

Seeing You touching the sky, blazing in many colours, with mouths wide open and enormous fiery eyes, my inner being trembles; I find neither steadiness nor peace, Vishnu.

Word for word

Having seen You touching the sky, blazing, many-coloured, with mouths wide open and blazing wide eyes, I, my inner self shaken, find no steadiness and no calm, O Viṣṇu.

The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam

तत्रेदं कारणम् —

नभःस्पृशं द्युस्पर्शम् इत्यर्थः, दीप्तं प्रज्वलितम् , अनेकवर्णम् अनेके वर्णाः भयङ्कराः नानासंस्थानाः यस्मिन् त्वयि तं त्वाम् अनेकवर्णम् , व्यात्ताननं व्यात्तानि विवृतानि आननानि मुखानि यस्मिन् त्वयि तं त्वां व्यात्ताननम् , दीप्तविशालनेत्रं दीप्तानि प्रज्वलितानि विशालानि विस्तीर्णानि नेत्राणि यस्मिन् त्वयि तं त्वां दीप्तविशालनेत्रं दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा प्रव्यथितः प्रभीतः अन्तरात्मा मनः यस्य मम सः अहं प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा सन् धृतिं धैर्यं न विन्दामि न लभे शमं च उपशमनं मनस्तुष्टिं हे विष्णो ॥ २४ ॥

In plain words

And here is why —

You touch the very sky. You blaze. You are countless terrifying colors shifting through countless shapes. Your mouths gape open. Your eyes are wide and blazing. Seeing you like this, my whole inner being has come undone — I have lost my composure, I cannot find my footing, and I cannot find any peace at all, O Viṣṇu.

Close to the Sanskrit

There, this is the reason —

Touching the sky — that is, touching heaven; blazing — ablaze; many-colored — many colors, terrifying, of various shapes, in which, in you, him, you, many-colored; gaping-mouthed — opened, revealed mouths, faces, in which, in you, him, you, gaping-mouthed; blazing, wide-eyed — blazing, ablaze, wide, expansive eyes, in which, in you, him, you, blazing, wide-eyed. Having seen you indeed, one whose inner self is agitated — agitated, terrified is the inner self, the mind, of whom, of me, he, I, one whose inner self is agitated, being so, I do not find steadiness, courage; nor do I obtain peace, calming, contentment of mind, O Viṣṇu.