Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: – Revealing the Universal FormVerse 9

What is not accessible to the senses, can be approached only by the mind and intelligence. This is so for one and all with regard to all matters.

Having stated thus, Krishna, the supreme Lord of Yoga, showed Arjuna the glorious, divine Form. As the Self, present in every body, reveals through the senses an extensive world of myriad objects, it can also reveal to an individual another sight, as in dream. While wakefulness is common and repetitive, dream is personal, singular and occasional. Here is an instance of the latter kind.

Two points stand distinctly here: (i) This is a Guru’s response to his yearning disciple, to meet the latter’s need. (ii) Any outcome follows an action. The outcome sought gives shape to the action – a law, sequence, exemplarily at work in Arjuna’s case!