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" Then, O King! the God, so saying,
Stood, to Pritha's Son displaying
All the splendour, wonder, dread
Of His vast Almighty-head.
Out of countless eyes beholding,
Out of countless mouths commanding,
Countless mystic forms enfolding
In one Form: supremely standing
Countless radiant glories wearing,
Countless heavenly weapons bearing,
Crowned with garlands of star-clusters,
Robed in garb of woven lustres,
Breathing from His perfect Presence
Breaths of every subtle essence
Of all heavenly odours; shedding
Blinding brilliance; overspreading-
Boundless, beautiful- all spaces
With His all-regarding faces;
So He showed! If there should rise
Suddenly within the skies
Sunburst of a thousand suns
Flooding earth with beams undeemed-of,
Then might be that Holy One's
Majesty and radiance dreamed of! "

Edwin Arnold , The Bhagavad Gita


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Edwin Arnold quote : Then, O King! the God, so saying,<br />Stood, to Pritha's Son displaying<br />All the splendour, wonder, dread<br />Of His vast Almighty-head.<br />Out of countless eyes beholding,<br />Out of countless mouths commanding,<br />Countless mystic forms enfolding<br />In one Form: supremely standing<br />Countless radiant glories wearing,<br />Countless heavenly weapons bearing,<br />Crowned with garlands of star-clusters,<br />Robed in garb of woven lustres,<br />Breathing from His perfect Presence<br />Breaths of every subtle essence<br />Of all heavenly odours; shedding<br />Blinding brilliance; overspreading-<br />Boundless, beautiful- all spaces<br />With His all-regarding faces;<br />So He showed! If there should rise<br />Suddenly within the skies<br />Sunburst of a thousand suns<br />Flooding earth with beams undeemed-of,<br />Then might be that Holy One's<br />Majesty and radiance dreamed of!