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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 - Lesson 1

POWERFUL COGNITION

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Krsna reveals Himself as not just an incarnation, but as also the very source from which everything flows. He is the source of all sources, the cause of all causes, the source of all the worlds and universes.

Nithyananda

भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया ।
त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्
॥११-२॥

Bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śrutau
vistaraśo mayā | tvattaḥ
kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi
cāvyayam

Feather and deity portrait

O Lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa! I have listened
from You in detail about the creation
and destruction of all living beings,
also Your inexhaustible greatness.

POWERFUL COGNITION

Kṛṣṇa reveals Himself as not just an Incarnation but as also the very source from which everything flows. He is the Source of all sources, the Cause of all causes, the source of all the worlds and Universes.

Portrait of Krishna as an archer / ascetic with peacock feather

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर ।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम
॥ ११-३॥

evametadyathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ
parameśvara | draṣṭumicchāmi te
rūpam aiśvaraṁ puruṣottama

O Parameśvara, Lord Supreme,
though You are here before Me as
You have declared Yourself, I wish
to see the Divine Cosmic Form of
Yours, Puruṣottama, Supreme Being.

POWERFUL COGNITION

Nara, the man, meets Narayana, the Divine.

Portrait icon
Nithyananda Paramashivam

मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो ।
योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम्
॥११-४॥

manyase yadi tacchakyaṁ mayā
draṣṭumiti prabho | yogeśvara tato
me tvaṁ darśayātmānamavyayam

O Prabhu, my Lord, if You think it is
possible for me to see Your Cosmic
Form, then please, O Yogeśvara,
Lord of Yoga and all mystic power,
kindly show me that Imperishable
Universal Self.

POWERFUL COGNITION

Before entering into the experience, you must have the courage to take whatever comes ... When you have the experience, have the courage to go with it. With the Divine, nothing is too much.

A portrait of Krsna