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A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता |
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||११-१२||
divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā .
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ||11-12||
Sanjaya reaches for the most powerful comparison he can find: "If a thousand suns were to explode into the sky all at the same time — even that blinding light would fall short of the radiance of that supreme being."
Listen
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता |
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||११-१२||
divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā .
yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ ||11-12||
BG 11.12
Settle
If a thousand suns blazed at once, even that would fall short of the divine. Let yourself be small before something vast.
The essence
Brighter than a thousand suns.
Breathe
You open to the vastness You let yourself be small before it
Contemplate
When did you last feel awe at something far larger than you?
Take with you
Write of a time vastness made you feel both small and held.