BG 11.20

द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।
दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥
dyāv ā-pṛthivyor idam antaraṁ hi
vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśaś ca sarvāḥ
dṛṣṭvādbhutaṁ rūpam ugraṁ tavedaṁ
loka-trayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman

Word-for-word meanings

idam — this;  antaram — interim space;  dyau — [between] heaven;  ā-pṛthivyoḥ — [and] earth;  ca — and;  sarvāḥ — all;  diśaḥ — directions;  vyāptam — are pervaded;  tvayā — by You;  ekena — alone;  hi — certainly;  dṛṣṭvā — by seeing;  idam — this;  adbhutam — astonishing;  ugram — terrible;  rūpam — form;  tava — of Yours;  mahā-ātman — O Great Being;  loka-trayam — the three worlds;  pravyathitam — are extremely perturbed.

Translation

This interim space between heaven and earth and all directions are entirely pervaded by You alone. Seeing this astonishing, terrible form of Yours, O Great Being, the three worlds are extremely perturbed.

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