Passages

Bhagavad Gita 11:12

Bhagavad Gita

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Bhagavad Gita 11:12." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/passages/bhagavad-gita-11-12.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Bhagavad Gita 11:12. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/passages/bhagavad-gita-11-12

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-bhagavad-gita-11-12,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Bhagavad Gita 11:12},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/passages/bhagavad-gita-11-12},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

From the vision of the universal form. This is the verse Oppenheimer is usually said to have recalled at Trinity, though what he actually quoted was closer to 11:32.

Facts

Passage

Text

If the splendour of a thousand suns were to rise up at once in the sky, that would be like the splendour of that Mighty Being. 1

Reference

Bhagavad Gita 11:12 1

Reference Scheme

Chapter and Verse 1

Translation

Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita 1

Translator

Swami Swarupananda 1

Meaning

Theme

vision and holiness 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Concerns

Hinduism

Passage Of

Bhagavad Gita

Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda

Sources

1. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary

Swami Swarupananda, Advaita Ashrama / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1909Bhagavad Gita 11:12View the Source

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.

Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)

No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.

Switch Atlas

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World