Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 11, Verse 9
सञ्जय उवाच
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।
sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvā tato rājan mahā-yogeśvaro hariḥ
darśayām āsa pārthāya paramaṁ rūpam aiśwaram
also searched as "evam uktva tato rajan mahayogeshvaro harih"
Translation
Sanjaya said, "O King, having spoken, Sri Krishna, the great Lord of Yoga, then revealed to Arjuna the supreme, lordly form."
Vāṇi's rendering
With these words, Krishna, great lord of yoga, revealed to Arjuna his supreme form of majesty.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| सञ्जयःsañjayaḥ | Sanjaya, the narrator on the hill |
| उवाचuvāca | said |
| एवम्evam | thus, in this way |
| उक्त्वाuktvā | having spoken |
| ततःtataḥ | then, after that (appears as 'tato' by sandhi before rājan) |
| राजन्rājan | O King — Sanjaya addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra |
| महायोगेश्वरःmahā-yogeśvaraḥ | the great lord of yoga, master of all joining |
| हरिःhariḥ | Hari, Krishna |
| दर्शयामासdarśayām āsa | showed, caused to be seen |
| पार्थायpārthāya | to Arjuna, son of Pṛthā |
| परमम्paramam | supreme, highest |
| रूपम्rūpam | form |
| ऐश्वरम्aiśvaram | of majesty, belonging to the Lord |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 9 mean?
It is the hinge of the chapter. Krishna finishes speaking and then reveals to Arjuna the supreme form of majesty. Sanjaya reports it to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who cannot see. The verse says almost nothing about the vision itself — it marks only that words ended and sight began.
What does 'evam uktva tato rajan mahayogeshvaro harih' mean?
Having spoken thus, then, O King — Hari, the great lord of yoga. Sanjaya names Krishna twice over: Hari, the one who takes away, and mahā-yogeśvara, the master of joining. Both names are placed exactly where the showing begins, so you know whose act it is.
Why is Krishna called the great lord of yoga here?
Because the vision is not Arjuna's achievement. Arjuna asked, and Krishna gave — first the eye, in the verse before, then the form. Yoga here means the power to join the unseeable to a seeing creature. That joining is Krishna's alone, and it is offered, never extracted.
Why does Sanjaya describe the vision to a blind king?
Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked at the start what was happening on the field, and he is still asking. He receives the greatest sight ever described and takes nothing from it. Being told is not the same as being shown. Notice, when a thing is said to you, whether you are only listening.
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Commentary
Sanjaya is still narrating to a blind king. He describes what cannot be described, to a man who could not have seen it anyway. Notice the order: Krishna speaks, and then shows. The teaching came first, for eleven chapters; the vision comes only now, and only because Arjuna asked. Nothing here is seized. Krishna is called lord of yoga in the very moment of revealing — the joining is his doing, not Arjuna's. What you have been given so far in words was not a lesser gift; it was the preparation. The seeing arrives when the hearing has done its work.