Devanagari
तत: प्रादुष्कृतं तेज: प्रचण्डं सर्वतोदिशम् ।
प्राणापदमभिप्रेक्ष्य विष्णुं जिष्णुरुवाच ह ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
tataḥ prāduṣkṛtaṁ tejaḥ
pracaṇḍaṁ sarvato diśam
prāṇāpadam abhiprekṣya
viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇur uvāca ha
Synonyms
tataḥ
—
thereafter
;
prāduṣkṛtam
—
disseminated
;
tejaḥ
—
glare
;
pracaṇḍam
—
fierce
;
sarvataḥ
—
all around
;
diśam
—
directions
;
prāṇa
—
āpadam — affecting life
;
abhiprekṣya
—
having observed it
;
viṣṇum
—
unto the Lord
;
jiṣṇuḥ
—
Arjuna
;
uvāca
—
said
;
ha
—
in the past .
Translation
Thereupon a glaring light spread in all directions. It was so fierce that Arjuna thought his own life in danger, and so he began to address Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Seeing that the fierce fire manifesting in all directions was a danger to life, Arjuna spoke to Kṛṣṇa.