Chapter 11, Verse 3
Text
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर | द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ||११-३||
Transliteration
evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṃ parameśvara . draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṃ puruṣottama ||11-3||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.3 (Now) O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to see Thy divine form.
In English by Swami Sivananda
11.3 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.Commentary 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.