tataḥ - thereafter; prāduṣkṛtam - disseminated; tejaḥ - glare; pracaṇḍam - fierce; sarvataḥ - all around; diśam - directions; prāṇa-āpadam - affecting life; abhiprekṣya - having observed it; viṣṇum - unto the Lord; jiṣṇuḥ - Arjuna; uvāca - said; ha - in the past.

Thereupon a glaring light spread in all directions. It was so fierce that Arjuna thought his own life in danger, and so he began to address Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.