BG 11.23

रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।
बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥
rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ
mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam
bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ
dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham

Word-for-word meanings

mahā-bāho — O Mighty-Armed Lord;  dṛṣṭvā — seeing;  te — Your;  mahat — immense;  rūpam — form;  bahu — [equipped with] innumerable;  vaktra — faces;  netram — [and] eyes;  bahu — [with] unlimited;  bāhu — arms;  ūru — thighs;  pādam — [and] feet;  bahu-udaram — [with] many bellies;  bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālam — [and] countless terrible fangs;  lokāḥ — the worlds;  tathā — and;  aham — I;  pravyathitāḥ — are awestruck.

Translation

O Mighty-Armed Lord, seeing Your immense form equipped with innumerable faces and eyes, with unlimited arms, thighs and feet, with many bellies and countless terrible fangs, the worlds are awestruck and so am I.

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