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एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर। द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।

evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvara draṣhṭum ichchhāmi te rūpam aiśhwaraṁ puruṣhottama

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 3
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Now, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Arjuna says he wishes to see Krishna's actual divine form, as he has described it, believing this is now possible for him to behold, moving from being told about something to wanting direct experience of it.

In life: there's a real, recognizable shift between accepting a description of something secondhand and actually wanting to encounter it yourself, directly.

Teaching: notice when you've moved from being satisfied with secondhand description to actually wanting direct experience of something, that shift is worth honoring rather than dismissing as unnecessary.

evamthus
etatthis
yathāas
ātthahave spoken
tvamyou
ātmānamyourself
parama-īśhvaraSupreme Lord
draṣhṭumto see
ichchhāmiI desire
teyour
rūpamform
aiśhwaramdivine
puruṣha-uttamaShree Krishna, the Supreme Divine Personality

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.3 एवम् thus? एतत् this? यथा as? आत्थ hast declared? त्वम् Thou? आत्मानम् Thyself? परमेश्वर O Supreme Lord? द्रष्टुम् to see? इच्छामि (I) desire? ते Thy? रूपम् form? ऐश्वरम् sovereign? पुरुषोत्तम O Supreme Purusha.Commentary Some commentators take the two halves of this verse as two independent sentences and interpret it thusSo it is? O Supreme Lord? as Thou hast declared Thyself to be. (But still) I desire to see Thy form as Isvara? O Supreme Person.Rupamaisvaram Thy form as Isvara? that of Vishnu as possessed of infinite knowledge? sovereignty? power? strength? prowess and splendour.