एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||
evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara . draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||11-3||
Chapter 11 · Verse 3
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||
evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara . draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||11-3||
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.
11.3 O Supreme Lord, how You described Yourself, even so are You. I wish to see Your Lordly form, O Supreme Person.
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.
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.