naham vedair na tapasa na danena na cejyaya। sakya evam-vidho drastum drstavan asi mam yatha॥ 11.53 ॥

Sri Krishna said: The form you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be seen & understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one can see Me as I am.

bhaktya tv ananyaya sakya aham evam-vidho ’rjuna। jnatum drastum cha tattvena pravestum cha parantapa॥ 11.54 ॥

Sri Krishna said: My dear Arjuna, only by pure devotional service can I be understood, as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.

mat-karma-krn mat-paramo mad-bhaktah sanga-varjitah। nirvairah sarva-bhutesu yah sa mam eti pandava॥ 11.55 ॥

Sri Krishna said: O My dear Arjuna, he who engages in My pure devotional service, free from the contaminations of fruit producing activities and mental speculation, he who works for Me, one who makes Me the supreme goal of his life, and who is friendly to every living being—he certainly comes to Me.

Om Tat Sat Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade Vishwaroopa Darshanayogo Naama Ekaadasho’dhyaayah:॥ 11 ॥

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the eleventh discourse entitled.

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Arjuna’s doubts having been removed through a clear description of the nature of the Atman and the origin and destruction of all created things, he is now ready to behold the Cosmic Vision. Krishna grants him the divine sight by means of which Arjuna beholds the Lord as the vast Cosmic Manifestation. The vision is at once all-comprehensive and simultaneous. In every direction Arjuna sees the Lord as the entire universe. All the created worlds, gods, beings, creatures and things stand revealed as the one gigantic body of the Lord. Arjuna further sees that the great cosmic drama is set in motion and controlled by the all-mighty power of the Lord. His Will alone prevails in all things and actions, both good and bad. The Lord exhorts him to fight, he being only an apparent cause of the destruction of his enemies. Arjuna is unable to bear the pressure of the sudden expansion of consciousness and is filled with fear. He begs the Lord to assume once more His usual form. Krishna reiterates that this vision cannot be had through any amount of austerities, study, sacrifices or philanthrophic acts. Supreme devotion is the only means by which one can have access to His grand vision.