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Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga

The Yoga of the Universal Form

Summary

Krishna grants Arjuna divine vision and reveals his spectacular and terrifying Universal Form (Vishvarupa).

Verse 12

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता । यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

divi sūrya-sahasrasya bhaved yugapad utthitā | yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād bhāsas tasya mahātmanaḥ ||

If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form.