BG 11.24
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥
nabhaḥ-spṛśaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ
vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśāla-netram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā
dhṛtiṁ na vindāmi śamaṁ ca viṣṇo
vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśāla-netram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntar-ātmā
dhṛtiṁ na vindāmi śamaṁ ca viṣṇo
Word-for-word meanings
viṣṇo — O Viṣṇu; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; tvām — You; nabhaḥ-spṛśam — whose form touches the sky; dīptam — effulgent; aneka — [of] myriad; varṇam — colors; vyātta — [with] gaping; ānanam — mouth; dīpta — [and] blazing; viśāla — gigantic; netram — eyes; antaḥ ātmā — my heart; pravyathita — is overcome by fear; na vindāmi — [and] I cannot obtain; hi — at all; dhṛtim — fortitude; ca — and; śamam — peace [i.e., stability of mind].
Translation
O Viṣṇu, seeing Your form which touches the sky, full of effulgence, of myriad colors, with gaping mouth and blazing gigantic eyes, my heart is overcome by fear and I cannot at all secure fortitude nor peace.