Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.20
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि
व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।
दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं
लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥
dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṃ hi vyāptaṃ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ | dṛṣṭvādbhutaṃ rūpamugraṃ tavedaṃ lokatrayaṃ pravyathitaṃ mahātman ||
The space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, are filled by you alone. Seeing this wondrous and terrible form of yours, the three worlds tremble, O great one.
Modern context
The form is now both 'wondrous' and 'terrible', and the three worlds tremble. These two words together describe what is sometimes called the sacred: something so great that it draws us and frightens us at once. A storm at sea, a towering cliff, the birth of a child: such moments mix beauty and fear. The divine at its fullest is not tame.