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Cosmic form

3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on cosmic form. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 11 • Verse 48 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Na veda-yajñādhyayanair na dānair na cha kriyābhir na tapobhir ugraiḥ, evaṁ-rūpaḥ śhakya ahaṁ nṛi-loke draṣhṭuṁ tvad anyena kuru-pravīra

O best of the Kurus, not through study of the Vedas, sacrifice, charity, ritual acts, or severe austerities can I be seen in this form in the world of men — except by you.

  • •The cosmic vision cannot be gained by ritual or learning alone
  • •Devotion opens what scholarship and austerity cannot
  • •Arjuna's vision is a unique spiritual privilege
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Chapter 11 • Verse 52 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Śhrī bhagavān uvācha: su-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mama, devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: This form of Mine that you have seen is extremely difficult to behold. Even the gods are always eager to see this form.

  • •Even the gods long for what Arjuna has seen
  • •The cosmic vision is extraordinarily rare
  • •What devotion achieved, the gods eternally desire
rare visiongods desireextremely difficultArjuna's privilege