The Universal Form (Visvarupa-sandarsana Yoga)

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SANJAYA SAID:

 

9. Having thus spoken, O King, then, hari, the great Lord of Yogins, showed to

the son of Pritha the Supreme Form as Isvara.

 

10. Containing many mouths and eyes, possessed of many wondrous sights, of many

heavenly ornaments, of many heavenly weapons held up. Such a form He showed.

 

11. Wearing heavenly garlands and vestures, anointed with heavenly unguents,

all-wonderful, resplendent, boundless, with faces on all sides.

 

12. If the splendour of a thousand suns were ever to present itself at once in

the sky, that would be like the splendour of that Mighty Being.

 

13. There, in the body of the God of Gods, the son of Pandu then beheld the

whole world established in one and separated into many groups.

 

14. Then he, Dhananjaya, filled with amazement, with his hair standing on end;

bowed down with his head and with joined palms, thus addressed the God.

 

ARJUNA SAID:

 

15. I see all the gods, O God, in thy body, as also hosts of various classes of

beings; Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus-seat and all Rishis and heavenly

serpents.

 

16. I see Thee of boundless form on every side with multitudinous arms,

stomachs, mouths and eyes; neither Thy end nor the middle nor the beginning do I

see, O Lord of the Universe, O Universal Form.

 

17. I see Thee with diadem, club and discus; a mass of splendour shining

everywhere, very hard to look at, all around blazing like burning fire and sun

and immeasurable.

 

18. Thou art the Imperishable, the Supreme Being worthy to be known. Thou art

the great Abode of this Universe; Thou art the undying Guardian of the Eternal

Dharma, Thou art the ancient Purusha, I deem.

 

19. I see Thee without beginning, middle or end, infinite power, of manifold

arms; the sun and the moon being Thy eyes, the burning fire Thy face; heating

the whole Universe with Thy radiance.

 

20. This space betwixt heaven and earth and all the quarters are filled by Thee

alone. Having seen This, Thy marvellous and awful form, the three worlds are

trembling, O High-souled Being.

 

to be continued...