The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission
Arjuna's Supplication 1-4
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 4
Harathi at Vrindavan
Manyase yadi tat shakyam maya drashtum iti prabho I
Yogeshwara tatah me tvam darshaya atmanam avyayam II sloka 4
मन्यसे यदि तत् शक्यम् मया द्रष्टुं इति प्रभो Iयोगेश्वर ततः मे त्वं दर्शय आत्मानम् अव्ययं II श्लोक 4
If you, O Lord, think it possible for me to see it, then do, O Lord of yoga, show me your eternal self.
Not only does yoga emanate from Iswara but he is also the bestower of it, on worthy aspirants. Creating; protecting, withdrawing, veiling, and revealing - these are the five divine activities which the lord is pleased to carry on eternally. Among these five, the glory of the cosmic revelation, it is this that Arjuna supplicates to have a glimpse of. Granting of this spiritual vision is an act of grace that comes from the yogeswara.
To give prominence to personal will is not the way of the bhaktha. He subordinates self-will to the will of the lord. Consistent with this attitude, Arjuna pleads that the vision of the cosmic form of Iswara might be granted to him if the Lord thought he was worthy of it.
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