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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 3

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||

evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara . draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||11-3||

In plain words

Some commentators take the two halves of this verse as two independent sentences and interpret it thusSo it is. O Supreme Lord as Thou hast declared Thyself to be. (But still) I desire to see Thy form as Isvara.

Translation

11.3 O Supreme Lord, how You described Yourself, even so are You. I wish to see Your Lordly form, O Supreme Person.

Meaning

Some commentators take the two halves of this verse as two independent sentences and interpret it thusSo it is. O Supreme Lord as Thou hast declared Thyself to be. (But still) I desire to see Thy form as Isvara. O Supreme Person. Rupamaisvaram Thy form as Isvara that of Vishnu as possessed of infinite knowledge sovereignty power strength prowess and splendour.

Word by word

एवम् thus एतत् this यथा as आत्थ hast declared त्वम् Thou आत्मानम् Thyself परमेश्वर O Supreme Lord द्रष्टुम् to see इच्छामि (I) desire ते Thy रूपम् form ऐश्वरम् sovereign पुरुषोत्तम O Supreme Purusha.