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Bhagavad Gita · 11.3 · Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God·3 of 55

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥

evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvara

draṣhṭum ichchhāmi te rūpam aiśhwaraṁ puruṣhottama

Sanskrit recitation

Show me your form · 11.1–11.8 · Scene

Translation

Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.

Meaning

Some commentators take the two halves of this verse as two independent sentences and interpret it thusSo it is, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast declared Thyself to be. (But still) I desire to see Thy form as Isvara, O Supreme Person.Rupamaisvaram Thy form as Isvara, that of Vishnu as possessed of infinite knowledge, sovereignty, power, strength, prowess and splendour.

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.

Word-by-word→
evam
thus
etat
this
yathā
as
āttha
have spoken
tvam
you
ātmānam
yourself
parama-īśhvara
Supreme Lord
draṣhṭum
to see
ichchhāmi
I desire
te
your
rūpam
form
aiśhwaram
divine
puruṣha-uttama
Shree Krishna, the Supreme Divine Personality

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