Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 52
श्रीभगवानुवाच । सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम । देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः
śrībhagavānuvāca | sudurdarśamidaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama | devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṃ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
Translation
Very hard to see is this Form of Mine which thou hast seen; even the Devas ever long to behold this form.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- sudurdarśam
- very hard to see
- idam
- this
- rūpam
- form
- dṛṣṭavān
- (one who) has seen
- asi
- (thou) art
- yat
- which
- mama
- my
- devāḥ
- Gods
- api
- also
- asya
- (of) this
- rūpasya
- of form
- nityam
- always
- darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
- vision, (they) desire, thus
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Long to behold: though they long to see the Form, yet they have not seen It as you have done, nor shall they ever see It.