Chapter 11 - Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga


Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God



The eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga. In this chapter, Arjuna requests Krishna to reveal His Universal Cosmic Form that encompasses all the universes, the entire existence. Arjuna is granted divine vision to be able to see the entirety of creation in the body of the Supreme Lord Krishna.


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Verse 1


Arjuna said: This delusion of mine has departed as a result of that speech which is most secret and known as pertaining to the Self, and which was uttered by You for my benefit.

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Verse 2


O you with eyes like lotus leaves, the origin and dissolution of beings have been heard by me in detail from You. ['From You have been heard the origin and dissolution of beings in You.'] And (Your) undecaying glory, too, (has been heard).

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Verse 3


O supreme Lord, so it is, as You speak about Yourself. O supreme Person, I wish to see the divine form of Yours.

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Verse 4


O Lord, if You think that it is possible to be seen by me, then, O Lord of Yoga, You show me Your eternal Self.

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Verse 5


The Blessed Lord said: O son of Prtha, behold My forms in (their) hundreds and in thousands, of different kinds, celestial, and of various colours and shapes.

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Verse 6


See the Adiyas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Asvins and the Maruts. O scion of the Bharata dynasty, behold also the many wonders not seen before.

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