भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-11, verse-19

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अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्यमनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।
पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥१९॥

19. anādimadhyāntamanantavīrya;manantabāhuṁ śaśisūryanetram ,
paśyāmi tvāṁ dīptahutāśavaktraṁ; svatejasā viśvamidaṁ tapantam.

19. anādi madhya antam anantavīryam
anantabāhum śaśi sūrya netram
paśyāmi tvāṃ dīpta hutāśa vaktram
sva tejasā viśvam idam tapantam

19. aham tvāṃ anādi madhya antam
anantavīryam anantabāhum śaśi sūrya
netram dīpta hutāśa vaktram sva
tejasā idam viśvam tapantam paśyāmi

19. I behold You who are without beginning, middle, or end, possessing infinite valor, with countless arms, and whose eyes are the moon and the sun. I see You, whose mouth is blazing fire, scorching this entire universe with Your inherent radiance.

Words meanings summery:

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अनादिमध्यान्तम् (anādimadhyāntam) - without beginning, middle, or end

अनन्तवीर्यम् (anantavīryam) - of infinite valor/energy/power

अनन्तबाहुम् (anantabāhum) - having infinite arms, countless-armed

शशि (śaśi) - moon

सूर्य (sūrya) - sun

नेत्रम् (netram) - eye

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold, I perceive

त्वां (tvāṁ) - You (accusative singular)

दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् (dīptahutāśavaktram) - whose mouth is blazing fire

स्वतेजसा (svatejasā) - by Your own radiance/splendor

विश्वम् (viśvam) - the universe, the whole

इदम् (idam) - this

तपन्तम् (tapantam) - burning, scorching, heating

Words meanings and morphology

अनादिमध्यान्तम् (anādimadhyāntam) - without beginning, middle, or end

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anādimadhyānta

anādimadhyānta - without beginning, middle, or end; eternal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+ādi+madhya+anta)

a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
Negative particle/prefix.
ādi – beginning, origin, first
noun (masculine)
madhya – middle, center
noun (neuter)
anta – end, limit, boundary
noun (masculine)

अनन्तवीर्यम् (anantavīryam) - of infinite valor/energy/power

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anantavīrya

anantavīrya - of infinite valor, having boundless energy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+vīrya)

ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
adjective (masculine)
From 'a' (not) + 'anta' (end).
vīrya – valor, heroism, power, energy, virility
noun (neuter)

अनन्तबाहुम् (anantabāhum) - having infinite arms, countless-armed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anantabāhu

anantabāhu - having infinite arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ananta+bāhu)

ananta – infinite, endless, boundless
adjective (masculine)
From 'a' (not) + 'anta' (end).
bāhu – arm, fore-arm
noun (masculine)

शशि (śaśi) - moon

(noun)

of śaśi

śaśi - moon

Note: First part of the compound 'śaśisūryanetra'.

सूर्य (sūrya) - sun

(noun)

of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun-god

Note: Second part of the compound 'śaśisūryanetra'.

नेत्रम् (netram) - eye

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of netra

śaśisūryanetra - whose eyes are the moon and the sun

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śaśi+sūrya+netra)

śaśi – moon
noun (masculine)
sūrya – sun
noun (masculine)
netra – eye
noun (neuter)

Note: The word 'netram' here is part of the Bahuvrihi compound 'śaśisūryanētram' which functions as an adjective in the accusative case modifying 'tvāṃ'.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √dṛś

Present active stem 'paśya-'.

Root 'dṛś' uses the 'paśya' stem in the present tense (Class 4 verb).

Root: √dṛś (class 4)

त्वां (tvāṁ) - You (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रम् (dīptahutāśavaktram) - whose mouth is blazing fire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīptahutāśavaktra

dīptahutāśavaktra - having a blazing fire for a mouth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīpta+hutāśa+vaktra)

dīpta – blazing, shining
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root '√dīp'.
Root: √dīp (class 4)
hutāśa – fire, Agni
noun (masculine)
Lit. 'eater of oblations'.
vaktra – mouth, face
noun (neuter)

स्वतेजसा (svatejasā) - by Your own radiance/splendor

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svatejas

svatejas - one's own splendor or radiance

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+tejas)