The Universal Form (Visvarupa-sandarsana Yoga)

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ARJUNA SAID:

 

1. By that speech which has been delivered by Thee for my benefit - that highest

secret which is called Adhyatma - this, my delusion, is gone.

 

2. The origin and the dissolution of beings, verily, have been heard by me in

detail from thee, O Lotus-eyed, as also Thy inexhaustible greatness.

 

3. So it is, as Thou, Supreme Lord, hast declared Thyself to be. (Still) I

desire to see Thy form as Isvara, O Purusha Supreme.

 

4. If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord

of Yogins, show me Thy Eternal Self.

 

THE BLESSED LORD SAID:

 

5. See, O son of Pritha, My heavenly forms, by hundreds and thousands, of

different sorts and of various colours and shapes.

 

6. Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Asvins and also the Maruts;

behold many marvels never seen before, O Bharata.

 

7. Now behold here in My body, Gudakesa, the whole world established in one -

including the moving and the unmoving - and whatever else thou desirest to see.

 

8. Thou art not indeed able to see Me with this thy eye alone; I give thee a

divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

 

to be continued...