Nabha Sparsham Deeptam

Nabha Sparsham Deeptam ("Sanskrit": नभः स्पर्शं दीप्तम IPA2|nəbʰəh spərɕəm d̪iːpt̪əm), "Touching the Sky With Glory", is the motto of the Indian Air Force. It has been taken from eleventh chapter of the Gita, the Discourse given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra during the Great War of Mahabharata. The Lord is showing His Supreme Divine form to Arjuna and the great form of the Lord is reaching the sky with glory, evoking fear and loss of self-control in the mind of Arjuna.

नभःस्पर्शं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा धृतिं न विन्दामि शामं च विष्णो ।।- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter XI, Verse 24.

ee also

Indian Air Force
Bhagavad Gita

External links

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