Bhagvad Gita - Chapter: 11 Visvarupa Darsana Yogah

Vibhuti Yogah - But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself, I pervade and support this entire universe.

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन |
विष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ||42||

But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself, I pervade and support this entire universe.

Vistabhya: Pervading or supporting.
Ekamshena: With a single fragment.
Jagat: The universe or world.

Krishna concludes by emphasizing his pervasion of the entire universe with a mere fragment of himself. This final declaration encapsulates his infinite, all-encompassing nature, leaving Arjuna awestruck.

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Chapter 11

Visvarupa Darsana Yogah

अर्जुन उवाच मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसञ्ज्ञितम् |
यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ||1||

Arjuna said: Out of compassion, you have spoken to me the supreme secret of self-knowledge, and my delusion is now gone.

Adhyatma: Refers to self-knowledge or spiritual wisdom.
Guhyam: The supreme secret or mystery.
Moha: Delusion or confusion.

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Visvarupa Darsana Yogah - I have heard in detail from You about the origin and dissolution of beings, O Lotus-eyed Lord, and also of Your inexhaustible greatness.

भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया |
त्वत्त: कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ||2||

I have heard in detail from You about the origin and dissolution of beings, O Lotus-eyed Lord, and also of Your inexhaustible greatness.

Bhavapyaya: Creation and dissolution of beings.
Kamala-patraksha: Lotus-eyed, referring to Krishna.
Avyayam: Indestructible or eternal.

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एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर |
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||3||

O Supreme Lord, as You have declared Yourself to be, so You are. Yet, I desire to see Your divine form as the Cosmic Being.

Purushottama: The Supreme Person, referring to Krishna.
Rupa: Form or appearance.
Aishvaram: Divine or majestic.

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मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो |
योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ||4||

If You think it is possible for me to behold Your universal form, O Lord, then please reveal it to me, O Master of Yoga.

Yogeshvara: Master of yoga, referring to Krishna.
Avyayam: Immutable or eternal.
Darshaya: To show or reveal.

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श्रीभगवानुवाच पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रश: |
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||5||

The Blessed Lord said: Behold, O Arjuna, My hundreds and thousands of divine forms, of various colors and shapes.

Divyani: Divine or celestial forms.
Shatasha: Hundreds of.
Sahasrasha: Thousands of.

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