Chapter 11 · Verse 8

Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God

न 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

Word Meanings

na — not; tu — but; mām — me; śhakyase — you can; draṣhṭum — to see; anena — with these; eva — even; sva-chakṣhuṣhā — with your physical eyes; divyam — divine; dadāmi — I give; te — to you; chakṣhuḥ — eyes; paśhya — behold; me — my; yogam aiśhwaram — majestic opulence

Language:

Translation

But you cannot see Me with these physical eyes of yours; therefore I grant you divine sight — behold My supreme mystic power.

Commentary

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.Commentary 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)