Shloka 12
Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga — Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता । यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥ ११.१२ ॥
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā | yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ || 11.12 ||
ఆకాశంలో వెయ్యి సూర్యుల కాంతి ఒకేసారి ఉదయిస్తే, ఆ కాంతి ఆ మహాత్ముని (రూపం) యొక్క కాంతికి సమానంగా ఉండవచ్చు.
यदि आकाश में सहस्र सूर्यों का प्रकाश एक साथ उदित हो जाए, तो वह प्रकाश उस महात्मा (के रूप) के प्रकाश के समान हो सकता है।
If, in the sky, the radiance of a thousand suns were to arise all at once, that might be comparable to the radiance of that great being.
The simile is conventional for overwhelming luminosity in Sanskrit literature. “महात्मन्” here functions as an honorific for the revealed cosmic being, not necessarily the later ethical category of “great-souled person” alone.
FAQs
The “thousand suns” simile conveys cognitive overload and awe: an encounter that exceeds normal representational capacity and forces metaphor.
Light functions as a metaphor for intelligibility and being; the verse suggests a source-condition that outshines ordinary sources of illumination (both literal and conceptual).
It marks the peak of sensory intensity in the vision narrative, preparing for the recognition that the entire cosmos is encompassed within the revealed form.
It can be used to discuss the limits of language and models when describing peak experiences, whether religious, aesthetic, or scientific.