Bhagavad Gita
· Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga 11
· Verse 12
Verified original
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः
ദിവി സൂര്യസഹസ്രസ്യ ഭവേദ്യുഗപദുത്ഥിതാ യദി ഭാഃ സദൃശീ സാ സ്യാദ്ഭാസസ്തസ്യ മഹാത്മനഃ
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛśhī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ
English Translation
If the splendor of a thousand suns were to blaze forth all at once in the sky, that might resemble the effulgence of that Supreme Being.
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Explanation · English
This verse inspired Robert Oppenheimer during the first nuclear test. Sanjaya describes Krishna's cosmic form with the most extreme visual metaphor possible — a thousand suns rising simultaneously. Even this, the Gita says, would only "resemble" (sadṛśhī) the divine radiance, not match it.