SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
sanjaya uvAcha
Evam ukthvA thathO rAjan mahAyOgESvarO hari: |
dharSayAm Asa pArthAya paramam rUpam aiSvaram ||
word-by-word meaning
rAjan – Oh king dhrutharAshtra!
mahA yOgESvara: hari: – krishNa, the lord, who is together with amazing aspects
Evam ukthvA – saying thus
thatha: – then
pArthAya – to the son of kunthI!
paramam – incomparable
aiSvaram – exclusive to him
rUpam – viSvarUpam
dharSayAmAsa – manifested
Simple Translation
sanjaya said – Oh king dhrutharAshtra! krishNa, the lord, who is together with amazing aspects, saying thus, then manifested to the son of kunthI, the incomparable viSvarUpam which is exclusive to him.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
Sañjaya said (to Dhṛitarāshtra):—
‘So saying then, O king! Hari[2. Hari=The 361st and 656th name of Vishṇu as He who removes obstacles or sins. Also vide Mahā: bhā: Śānti-parvq III-43-39.], the Great Lord of yoga, disclosed to Pārtha, His Supreme Sovereign spectacle.’
So saying, He who was seated as Charioteer in the chariot, Arjuna’s own maternal brother-in-law[3. Maternal uncle’s son.] (!) the Great Lord of yoga —or united centre of Perfections and Magnificence— or the Lord of wonderful Powers —Hari[4. Hari=The 361st and 656th name of Vishṇu as He who removes obstacles or sins. Also vide Mahā: bhā: Śānti-parvq III-43-39.], —Who is Parabrahma Nārāyaṇa,—unravelled to Arjuna, His own paternal brother-in-law[5. Paternal aunt’s son.], His extraordinary Sovereign Form; —the Form, the Seat of all the diverse and wonderful Kosmos; the Form, commanding all.
That Form, was like this:—
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