Chapter 11, Verse 9
सञ्जय उवाच | एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः | दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ||११-९||
sañjaya uvāca . evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ . darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram ||11-9||
Meaning
11.9 Sanjaya said Having thus spoken, O king, the great Lord of Yoga, hari (Krishna), showed to Arjuna His supreme form as the Lord.
Word-by-Word Meaning
Explanation & Commentary
The narration shifts to Sanjaya, who reports the unfolding scene to the blind king Dhritarashtra far away. He calls Krishna maha-yogesvara, the great Lord of Yoga, and Hari, the one who removes sin and sorrow. With these titles he prepares the listener for something beyond the ordinary: the param rupam aisvaram, the supreme majestic form, is now revealed.
This single verse is a hinge. Everything Krishna promised in the previous lines now actually happens. The teaching becomes event; the word becomes sight. There is a quiet reminder here too — that Sanjaya himself, by Vyasa's grace, is witnessing this through a divine vision, and even the unworthy Dhritarashtra is being offered the account. The Divine reveals itself when the time is ripe, and the very telling of that revelation carries something of its power to all who listen with attention.
💡 Key Takeaway
When the seeker is ready and the moment is ripe, the Divine reveals itself fully and without reserve.
Related Verses
अर्जुन उवाच | मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् | यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ||११-१||
arjuna uvāca . madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyamadhyātmasaṃjñitam . yattvayoktaṃ vacastena moho.ayaṃ vigato mama ||11-1||
11.1 Arjuna said By this word (explanation) of the highest secret concerning the Self which Thou hast spoken, for the sake of blessing me, my delusion is gone.
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो | योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ||११-४||
manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho . yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayātmānamavyayam ||11-4||
11.4 If Thou, O Lord, thinkest it possible for me to see it, do Thou, then, O Lord of the Yogins, show me Thy imperishable Self.
श्रीभगवानुवाच | पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः | नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ||११-५||
śrībhagavānuvāca . paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo.atha sahasraśaḥ . nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca ||11-5||
11.5 The Blessed Lord said Behold, O Arjuna, forms of Mine, by the hundreds and thousands, of different sorts, divine, and of various colours and shapes.