Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 8

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा । दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्

na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā | divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram

Translation

Thou art not indeed able to see Me with this thy eye alone; I give thee a divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

na

not

tu

indeed

mām

me

śakyase

canst (thou)

draṣṭum

to see

anena

with this

eva

even

svacakṣuṣā

with own-eyes

divyam

divine

dadāmi

give (I)

te

(of) to thee

cakṣuḥ

the eye

paśya

behold

me

my

yogam

yoga

aiśvaram

sovereign

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Me: putting on the Universal Form. This: prākṛta, of prakṛti, natural, (fleshy, of the earth). I give thee a divine eye, by which you will be able to see Me. By that eye, behold My great miraculous power of Yoga, that which belongs to Me as Īśvara.