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दिवि सूर्यसहस्त्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ।। ११.१२ ।।
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा ।
अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ।। ११.१३ ।।

divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved-yugapad-utthitā |
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād-bhāsas-tasya mahātmanaḥ || 11.12 ||
tatraika-sthaṁ jagat-kṛtsnaṁ pravibhaktam-anekadhā |
apaśyad-deva-devasya śarīre pāṇḍavas-tadā || 11.13 ||

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Such stunning brilliance It shed, as if a thousand suns had instantly appeared on the sky. In that body of Krishna, adds Sanjaya, Arjuna saw how the whole universe was inhering in a single source. The entire plurality, such a strong fact all around before the senses, stood negated. Arjuna could understand the truth of oneness about existence.