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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 8

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा | दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||११-८||

na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā . divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram ||11-8||

In plain words

No fleshly eyes can behold Me in My Cosmic Form. One can see It through the divine eye or the eye of intuition. It should not be confused with seeing through the eye or the mind.

Translation

11.8 But you will not be able to see Me with your own eye. I give you a divine eye. Behold My Lordly Yoga!

Meaning

No fleshly eyes can behold Me in My Cosmic Form. One can see It through the divine eye or the eye of intuition. It should not be confused with seeing through the eye or the mind. It is an inner experience. Lord Krishna says to Arjuna I give thee the divine eye by which you will be able to behold My sovereign form. By it see My marvellous power of Yoga. Anena With this the fleshly eye or the physical eye the earthly eye. (Cf. VII.25IX.5X.7)

Word by word

न not तु but माम् Me शक्यसे (thou) canst द्रष्टुम् to see अनेन with this एव even स्वचक्षुषा with own eyes दिव्यम् divine ददामि (I) give ते (to) thee चक्षुः the eye पश्य behold मे My योगम् Yoga ऐश्वरम् lordly.