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Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga · The Vision of the Universal Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.52-54
Sanskrit
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम । देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥11.52॥नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया । शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥11.53॥भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन । ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥11.54॥
Transliteration
sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama | devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ‖11.52‖ nāhaṃ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā | śakya evaṃvidho draṣṭuṃ dṛṣṭavānasi māṃ yathā ‖11.53‖ bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṃvidho'rjuna | jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca parantapa ‖11.54‖
Meaning
“The Blessed Lord said: Very hard to see is this form of Mine which you have beheld; even the gods ever long to see this form. Not by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice can I be seen as you have seen Me. But by undivided devotion, O Arjuna, can I be known and seen in this form, and entered into in truth, O scorcher of foes.”
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Theme: The Vision of the Universal Form
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