Chapter 11 · The Vision of the Universal Form

    Verse 8

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 11, Verse 8

    न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा। दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।।11.8।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    na tu māṁ śhakyase draṣhṭum anenaiva sva-chakṣhuṣhā divyaṁ dadāmi te chakṣhuḥ paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram

    Translation

    But you will not be able to see Me with your own eyes. I give you a divine eye, so behold My Lordly Yoga!
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