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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 54

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन | ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ||११-५४||

bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho.arjuna . jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ||11-54||

In plain words

Devotion is the sole means to the realisation of the Cosmic Form. AnanyaBhakti Singleminded devotion. Onepointed unbroken devotion the devotion which does not seek any other object but the Lord alone.

Translation

11.54 But by single-minded devotion, O Arjuna, it is possible to truly know, to see and to enter into Me, who am of this form, O harasser of foes.

Meaning

Devotion is the sole means to the realisation of the Cosmic Form. AnanyaBhakti Singleminded devotion. Onepointed unbroken devotion the devotion which does not seek any other object but the Lord alone. In this type of devotion no object other than the Lord is experienced by any of the senses. Egoism and dualism totally vanish. Of this form refers to the Cosmic Form. By singleminded devotion it is possible not only to know Me as declared in the scriptures but also to realise Me i.e. to attain liberation. The devotee realises that the Lord is all this and He alone is the ultimate Reality. When he gets this experience of illumination he gets merged in Him. (Cf. VIII.22X.10)

Word by word

भक्त्या by devotion तु indeed अनन्यया singleminded शक्यः (am) possible अहम् I एवंविधः of this form अर्जुन O Arjuna ज्ञातुम् to know दृष्टुम् to see च and तत्त्वेन in reality प्रवेष्टुम् to enter into च and परंतप O Parantapa (O scorcher of the foes).