Chapter 11 · The Vision of the Universal Form

    Verse 52

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 11, Verse 52

    श्री भगवानुवाच सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम। देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    śhrī-bhagavān uvācha su-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mama devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ

    Translation

    The Lord said, "It is very hard to behold this form of Mine which you have seen. Even the gods everlong to behold this form."
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