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Divya-malyambara-dharam

Gita 11.11 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11 — Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् ।
सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥
Divya-malyambara-dharam divya-gandhanulepanam
Sarvashcharyamayam devam anantam vishvatomukham
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरम्
wearing divine garlands and garments
दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम्
anointed with divine fragrances
सर्वाश्चर्यमयम्
filled with all wonders
विश्वतोमुखम्
facing every direction

The description continues. Divine garlands draped across the form. Divine garments. The fragrance of celestial ointments spreading in every direction. This being was filled with all wonders, infinite, with faces turned in every direction at once. Nothing about it was singular or contained. It overflowed.

Sanjay reaches beyond sight here and invokes smell — 'divya-gandhanulepanam,' divine fragrance. The cosmic form is not just something to see. It is something to sense with every faculty. Garlands suggest beauty and celebration. Fragrance suggests presence that fills a space even before you look.

The final word — 'vishvatomukham,' facing every direction — is the signature of the Vishwarupa. There is no angle from which this form is not looking back at you. No corner of existence is outside its gaze. Turn any way you wish; it is already there.

This shloka completes the paired description begun in 11.10. Together, the two verses move from physical features (mouths, eyes, weapons) to aesthetic and sensory qualities (garlands, fragrances, all-encompassing wonder).

The word 'vishvatomukham' appears in the Svetashvatara Upanishad as well, describing the cosmic Purusha. Sanjay is drawing on a deep Vedic vocabulary to convey what he is witnessing.

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