Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: – Revealing the Universal FormVerse 8
न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा ।
दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षु: पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥
English Transliteration
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭum-
anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā
divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣu:
paśya me yogam-aiśvaram – 11.8
Translation
You cannot see My universal magnitude with your gross external eyes. So I am bestowing a divine vision to you. See now the spiritual grandeur of My yoga.
Chanting Audio
Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: – Revealing the Universal Form - Verse 8
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Commentary
Krishna instantly feels his disciple will not be able to capture the universal magnitude with his biological eyes. Not alone Arjuna, none will be able to. Senses can access only part of the visibles. Infinity, endlessness, vacuum, etc. are concepts and comprehensions of the intelligence. Mind and its products also are beyond the sensory range.
Besides the senses, we only have the inner mind and intelligence to perceive. So, Krishna is specially activating Arjuna’s inner instrument, so that he will be able to log in to the higher, inner level of perception.
It is like one asleep entering into dream and experiencing a variety of new objects, magnitudes and features, all subjective, inner and personal. Guru can, depending upon the śishya’s fondness and fervour, arouse in him such inner unfoldment. The vision that followed is solely inner, not at all bodily or sensory!
