Bhagavad Gita 11.8न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा।दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥
na tu māṁ śhakyase draṣhṭum anenaiva sva-chakṣhuṣhā
divyaṁ dadāmi te chakṣhuḥ paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram
Sanskrit recitation
Show me your form · 11.1–11.8 · Scene
Translation
But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.
Hindi translation
परन्तु तू अपनी इस आँखसे अर्थात् चर्मचक्षुसे मेरेको देख ही नहीं सकता, इसलिये मैं तुझे दिव्य चक्षु देता हूँ, जिससे तू मेरी ईश्वर-सम्बन्धी सामर्थ्यको देख।
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)
After Swami Sivananda
Show me your form· 11.1–11.8→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 11.1Arjuna said, By this explanation of the highest secret concerning the Self which Thou hast…
- 11.2The origin and destruction of beings have been heard in detail from You, O lotus-eyed…
- 11.3Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to…
- 11.4If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the…
- 11.5The Blessed Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of…
- 11.6Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins, and the Maruts; behold many…
- 11.7Now, behold, O Arjuna, in this My body, the entire universe centered in one, including the…
11.8But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye;…
Word-by-word→
- me
- my
- na
- not
- te
- to you
- tu
- but
- eva
- even
- mām
- me
- anena
- with these
- divyam
- divine
- dadāmi
- I give
- paśhya
- behold
- śhakyase
- you can
- chakṣhuḥ
- eyes
- draṣhṭum
- to see
- yogam aiśhwaram
- majestic opulence
- sva-chakṣhuṣhā
- with your physical eyes
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