Vision

Whoever sees the supreme Lord abiding equally in all beings, undying amid the dying — he truly sees.

समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् | विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ||१३-२८||

If the light of a thousand suns were to blaze forth all at once in the sky, it might resemble the splendor of that great Being.

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता | यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ||११-१२||

For seeing the Lord present equally everywhere, he does not injure the self by the self; therefore he attains the supreme goal.

समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् | न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् ||१३-२९||

But you cannot see me with your own eye; I give you a divine eye — behold my lordly yoga.

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा | दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||११-८||

See now the whole universe, moving and unmoving, standing together here in my body, Gudakesha, and whatever else you wish to see.

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् | मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ||११-७||

For this space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, are pervaded by you alone; seeing this wondrous, terrible form of yours, the three worlds tremble, O great Soul.

द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः | दृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ||११-२०||

I see you without beginning, middle, or end, of infinite power, with countless arms, the moon and sun for your eyes, your face a blazing fire, scorching this universe with your radiance.

अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य- मनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् | पश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं स्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ||११-१९||

I see you crowned, armed with mace and discus, a mass of radiance blazing on all sides, hard to look upon, immeasurable, glowing like a blazing fire or the sun.

किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च तेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् | पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद् दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ||११-१७||

I see you with countless arms, bellies, mouths, and eyes, boundless in form on every side; I see no end, no middle, and no beginning of you, O Lord of all, universal form.

अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् | नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ||११-१६||

Arjuna said: I see the gods in your body, O God, and all the hosts of the various kinds of beings — Brahma the Lord seated on his lotus, and all the sages and the divine serpents.

अर्जुन उवाच | पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे सर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् | ब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ- मृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ||११-१५||

Then Dhananjaya, filled with wonder, his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the God and, with hands joined, spoke:

ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः | प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ||११-१४||

There, in the body of the God of gods, the son of Pandu then saw the whole universe, with its manifold divisions, gathered together in one place.

तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा | अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ||११-१३||

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, O king, Hari, the great Lord of yoga, then revealed to Partha his supreme lordly form:

सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः | दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ||११-९||

The Blessed Lord said: Behold my forms, Partha, by the hundreds and thousands, of many kinds, divine, of various colors and shapes.

श्रीभगवानुवाच | पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः | नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||११-५||