दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता | यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||१२||
divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā yadi bhāḥ sadṛśhī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ
若千百个太阳同时在天空中升起，其光辉或许能与那位至尊大能者的光芒相媲美。
If the splendor of a thousand suns were to blaze forth all at once in the sky, that might resemble the effulgence of that Supreme Being.
这节诗在第一次核试验时启发了罗伯特·奥本海默。桑贾亚用最极端的视觉隐喻来描述黑天的宇宙形相——一千个太阳同时升起。然而，《薄伽梵歌》指出，即使如此，也只能“类似”（sadṛśhī）神圣的光辉，而不能完全匹配。
This verse inspired Robert Oppenheimer during the first nuclear test. Sanjaya describes Krishna's cosmic form with the most extreme visual metaphor possible — a thousand suns rising simultaneously. Even this, the Gita says, would only "resemble" (sadṛśhī) the divine radiance, not match it.