Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga:: Verse 7
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् ।
मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
ihaikasthaṃ jagat-kṛtsnaṃ paśyādya sacarācaram
mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyad-draṣṭum-icchasi – 11.7
O conqueror of sleep (Arjuna), see now in My body the entire Universe, consisting of mobile and immobile creation, inhering in one source. Behold also whatever you further aspire to see.
Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: - Verse 7
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna directs Arjuna to focus his attention so as to see the whole world inhering in the Self, as does the body. Guru-śishya relationship can be close and integral to any extent, as between Krishna and Arjuna. Once the śishya begins to display the necessary surrender and attunement to the Guru, Guru can transform the śishya as he (Guru) wishes, and his exhortation will have startling effect, as in Arjuna’s case.
Can one see the Universe in full as well as its root, the source, explicitly? The answer is that the Self in the body is the only source of the whole dream creation and its effects. Other than sentience, there is nothing to be the source. Dream world emerges, while waking body lies intact, proving how independently the Self creates the whole dream phenomena. Krishna also asks Arjuna to see whatever additionally he wishes to witness.
