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TEXT 8

TEXT 8

Devanagari

Devanagari

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा ।
दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षु: पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥ ८ ॥

Text

Tekst

na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum
anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā
divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ
paśya me yogam aiśvaram
na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum
anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā
divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ
paśya me yogam aiśvaram

Synonyms

Synonyms

na — never; tu — but; mām — Me; śakyase — are able; draṣṭum — to see; anena — with these; eva — certainly; sva-cakṣuṣā — your own eyes; divyam — divine; dadāmi — I give; te — to you; cakṣuḥ — eyes; paśya — see; me — My; yogam aiśvaram — inconceivable mystic power.

na — aldrig; tu — men; mām — Mig; śakyase — du er i stand til; draṣṭum — at se; anena — med disse; eva — afgjort; sva-cakṣuṣā — med dine egne øjne; divyam — guddommelige; dadāmi — Jeg giver; te — til dig; cakṣuḥ — øjne; paśya — se blot; me — Min; yogam aiśvaram — ufattelige mystiske kraft.

Translation

Translation

But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence!

Men Du kan ikke se Mig med dine nuværende øjne. Derfor giver Jeg dig guddommelige øjne. Se blot Min mystiske overdådighed!

Purport

Purport

A pure devotee does not like to see Kṛṣṇa in any form except His form with two hands; a devotee must see His universal form by His grace, not with the mind but with spiritual eyes. To see the universal form of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna is told not to change his mind but his vision. The universal form of Kṛṣṇa is not very important; that will be clear in subsequent verses. Yet because Arjuna wanted to see it, the Lord gives him the particular vision required to see that universal form.

FORKLARING: En ren hengiven bryder sig ikke om at se Kṛṣṇa i nogen anden form end Hans toarmede form. En hengiven er nødt til at se Hans universelle form gennem Hans nåde, ikke med sindet, men med åndelige øjne. For at kunne se Kṛṣṇas universelle form bliver Arjuna ikke bedt om at ændre sit sind, men sit syn. Kṛṣṇas universelle form er ikke særlig vigtig, hvilket klart vil fremgå af senere vers. Men da Arjuna gerne vil se den, giver Herren ham det særlige syn, der kræves for at kunne se denne universelle form.

Devotees who are correctly situated in a transcendental relationship with Kṛṣṇa are attracted by loving features, not by a godless display of opulences. The playmates of Kṛṣṇa, the friends of Kṛṣṇa and the parents of Kṛṣṇa never want Kṛṣṇa to show His opulences. They are so immersed in pure love that they do not even know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In their loving exchange they forget that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is stated that the boys who play with Kṛṣṇa are all highly pious souls, and after many, many births they are able to play with Kṛṣṇa. Such boys do not know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They take Him as a personal friend. Therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī recites this verse:

Hengivne, der er rigtigt situeret i et transcendentalt forhold til Kṛṣṇa, føler sig tiltrukkede af Hans kærlige sider, ikke af en gudløs opvisning af overdådigheder. Kṛṣṇas legekammerater, Kṛṣṇas venner og Kṛṣṇas forældre er aldrig interesserede i, at Kṛṣṇa skal vise Sine overdådigheder. De er så overvældet af ren kærlighed, at de ikke engang ved, at Kṛṣṇa er Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. I deres kærlighedsudvekslinger glemmer de, at Kṛṣṇa er den Højeste Herre. I Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam står der, at de drenge, der leger med Kṛṣṇa, alle er yderst fromme sjæle, der efter mange, mange liv er blevet i stand til at lege med Kṛṣṇa. Sådanne drenge ved ikke, at Kṛṣṇa er Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. De ser Ham som deres personlige ven. Śukadeva Gosvāmī reciterer derfor følgende vers (ŚB. 10.12.11):

itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā
dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena
māyāśritānāṁ nara-dārakeṇa
sākaṁ vijahruḥ kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ
itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyā
dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena
māyāśritānāṁ nara-dārakeṇa
sākaṁ vijahruḥ kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ

“Here is the Supreme Person, who is considered the impersonal Brahman by great sages, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotees, and a product of material nature by ordinary men. Now these boys, who have performed many, many pious activities in their past lives, are playing with that Supreme Personality of Godhead.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.12.11)

“Her er den Højeste Person, der af store vismænd bliver betragtet som den upersonlige Brahman, af hengivne som Guddommens Højeste Personlighed og af folk i almindelighed som et produkt af den materielle natur. Disse drenge, der har gjort mange, mange fromme handlinger i deres tidligere liv, leger nu med denne Guddommens Højeste Personlighed.”

The fact is that the devotee is not concerned with seeing the viśva-rūpa, the universal form, but Arjuna wanted to see it to substantiate Kṛṣṇa’s statements so that in the future people could understand that Kṛṣṇa not only theoretically or philosophically presented Himself as the Supreme but actually presented Himself as such to Arjuna. Arjuna must confirm this because Arjuna is the beginning of the paramparā system. Those who are actually interested in understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and who follow in the footsteps of Arjuna should understand that Kṛṣṇa not only theoretically presented Himself as the Supreme, but actually revealed Himself as the Supreme.

Faktum er, at en hengiven ikke er interesseret i at se viśva-rūpa, den universelle form, men Arjuna vil gerne se den for at underbygge Kṛṣṇas udtalelser, så folk i fremtiden kan forstå, at Kṛṣṇa ikke kun teoretisk eller filosofisk fremstillede Sig Selv som den Højeste, men at Han virkelig viste Sig som sådan for Arjuna. Arjuna skal bekræfte dette, for han er begyndelsen til paramparā-systemet. De, der for alvor er interesserede i at forstå Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, Kṛṣṇa, og som følger i Arjunas fodspor, må forstå, at Kṛṣṇa ikke kun rent teoretisk udgav Sig for at være den Højeste, men faktisk åbenbarede Sig som den Højeste.

The Lord gave Arjuna the necessary power to see His universal form because He knew that Arjuna did not particularly want to see it, as we have already explained.

Herren gav derfor Arjuna de nødvendige evner til at se Sin universelle form, for Han vidste godt, at Arjuna intet særligt ønske nærede om at se den, som vi allerede har forklaret det.