BG 11.12

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

yadi — if;  bhāḥ — the effulgence;  sūrya sahasrasya — of a thousand suns;  bhavet — were;  utthitā — to appear;  yugapat — simultaneously;  divi — in the sky;  sā — that [effulgence];  syāt — might;  sadṛśī — resemble;  bhāsaḥ — the splendor;  mahā-ātmanaḥ — of that cosmic form;  tasya — of His.

Translation

If the effulgence of a thousand suns were to appear simultaneously in the sky, it might resemble somewhat the splendor of His cosmic form.

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