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न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा। दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।।11.8।।

na tu māṁ śhakyase draṣhṭum anenaiva sva-chakṣhuṣhā divyaṁ dadāmi te chakṣhuḥ paśhya me yogam aiśhwaram

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 11, Verse 8
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: but you cannot see this with your own current eyes, I give you a divine eye, behold my divine power, acknowledging directly that ordinary human perception isn't actually sufficient for what's about to be shown.

In life: some truths genuinely require a different kind of readiness or perceptiveness than your ordinary, everyday awareness provides, and that's not a personal failing, it's simply the nature of what's being encountered.

Teaching: if you're struggling to fully grasp something genuinely significant with your ordinary awareness, don't assume that means something is wrong with you, some things really do require a different, cultivated kind of perceptiveness first.

nanot
tubut
māmme
śhakyaseyou can
draṣhṭumto see
anenawith these
evaeven
sva-chakṣhuṣhāwith your physical eyes
divyamdivine
dadāmiI give
teto you
chakṣhuḥeyes
paśhyabehold
memy
yogam aiśhwarammajestic opulence

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
11.8 न not? तु but? माम् Me? शक्यसे (thou) canst? द्रष्टुम् to see? अनेन with this? एव even? स्वचक्षुषा with own eyes? दिव्यम् divine? ददामि (I) give? ते (to) thee? चक्षुः the eye? पश्य behold? मे My? योगम् Yoga? ऐश्वरम् lordly.Commentary No fleshly eyes can behold Me in My Cosmic Form. One can see It through the divine eye or the eye of intuition. It should not be confused with seeing through the eye or the mind. It is an inner experience.Lord Krishna says to Arjuna I give thee the divine eye? by which you will be able to behold My sovereign form. By it see My marvellous power of Yoga.Anena With this the fleshly eye or the physical eye? the earthly eye. (Cf.VII.25IX.5X.7)