11.21

Sanskrit

अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति । स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ॥

amī hi tvāṃ surasaṅghā viśanti kecid bhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti svastīty uktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ stuvanti tvāṃ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ

Translation

To Thee the troops of Suras enter in, some with joined palms in awe invoking Thee; banded Maharshis, Siddhas, cry: "All hail"! Chanting Thy praises with resounding songs.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Worth noticing: this verse describes gods and sages entering and praising the form, some of them explicitly “bhītāḥ,” frightened, even as they worship. Reverence and terror aren’t sequential reactions in this chapter, first one then the other — they’re depicted as simultaneous, the same crowd doing both at once. That’s the emotional register the whole vision operates in, and it’s about to be made literal: verses 26-29 will show warriors entering these same mouths not to praise, but to be devoured.