Chapter 11: Vishva-rupa Darshan Yoga; Vision of The Universal Form

Shri Krishna Yogeshvar sharanam!

Maa Bhagavad Gita sharanam!

Verse 11.3&4: Arjuna says, O greatest of all personalities, O Parmeshvar (Supreme Lord), O Purushottam (Supreme Being), I desire to see Your Divine Cosmic form.

O Yogeshvar (the Lord of Yoga), if you think I am worthy of seeing Your eternal Cosmic form, please reveal it to Me.

Verse 11.5,6&8: Shri Krishna says, my dear Arjuna, behold my Divine Cosmic form of hundreds and thousands of colors and shapes. 

Behold in Me, Arjuna, the twelve sons of Aditi, the eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras (gods of destruction), the two Ashwinikumaras (physician-gods), the forty-nine Maruts (wind-gods), and witness many more wonderful forms never seen before.

You cannot see Me with these human eyes of yours, therefore I give you divine eyes with which you can behold My Supreme opulence.

Verse 11.9,10,11&12: Sanjay (charioteer of Dhritarashtra who is narrating Bhagavad Gita to him) says, O King, having spoken thus, Shri Yogeshvar Hari revealed His Divine Cosmic form to Arjuna.

Arjuna saw the Divine form possessing many mouths and eyes, presenting many a wonderful sight, decked with many divine ornaments, wielding many divine weapons, wearing divine garlands, anointed with divine sandal-pastes, full of all wonders and having faces on all sides.

If thousands of suns were to rise at once in the sky, even that would hardly approach the splendor of the Divine Cosmic form of Shri Krishna.

Verse 11.15: Arjuna says, Lord, I behold within your Divine form all gods and other living entities, Lord Brahma sitting on the lotus flower, Lord Shiva, all rishis (sages), and divine serpents.

Verse 11.18: You are the Supreme worthy of being known, You are the ultimate shelter for all in this universe, You are the protector of the eternal dharma (right path), I consider You to be the eternal Supreme being.

Verse 11.22: The eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, eight Vasus, Sadhyas, Visvedevas, two Ashwinikumaras, forty-nine Maruts, as well as multitudes of Gandharvas, Yakshas, Asuras, and Siddhas, all behold you in amazement.

Verse 11.32&33: Shri Krishna says, I am the mighty Kala (eternal time), destroyer of the worlds, and I am out to destroy these warriors. Even without you, all these warriors arrayed in enemies camp shall die. Therefore, Arjuna, arise and win glory by conquering your foes. These warriors are already slain by Me, you be only an instrument.

Verse 11.38&39: Arjuna says, you are the primal deity, the most ancient personality. You are the ultimate shelter for all in this universe, You are both the knower and the knowable, and You pervade the entire universe. You are Vayu (wind-god), Yama (god of death), Agni (fire-god), Varun (god of water), moon-god, Brahma (the Lord of material creation), and the father of Brahma himself. I offer my respectful obeisance to You a thousand times, and again, and yet again!

Verse 11.51: Arjuna says, Govind, seeing again this gentle most beautiful human form of Yours I have regained my composure and my peaceful self again.

Verse 11.53&54: Shri Krishna says, neither by the study of Vedas, nor by penance, nor by charity, nor by worship can My Divine form be seen. Dear Arjuna, only by single-minded devotion can I be understood, and My Divine personality is seen. Only by this way you can enter into the wisdom of understanding Me.

Verse 11.55: O Pandava, he who performs all his duties for Me, depends on Me, is devoted to Me, has no material desires, and is free from malice and envy towards all living beings, reaches My Divine world.

Maa Bhagavad Gita sharanam!

Shri Hari ॐ sharanam!