📿 Shloka Collection

Evam Uktva Tato Rajan

Gita 11.9 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11 — Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः ।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥
Evam uktva tato rajan Mahayogeshvaro Harih
Darshayamasa Parthaya paramam rupam aishvaram
एवम् उक्त्वा
having said this
महायोगेश्वरः
the great Lord of Yoga
हरिः
Hari (Krishna)
परमं रूपम् ऐश्वरम्
the supreme majestic form

The narrator returns. Sanjay, sitting far from the battlefield, tells the blind king Dhritarashtra: "Having spoken thus, O King, the great Lord of Yoga, Hari, revealed to Arjuna his supreme majestic form." The sentence is simple. The event it describes is anything but.

Sanjay calls Krishna 'Mahayogeshvara' — the great Lord of all Yoga. And 'Hari' — the one who removes suffering. These are not ornamental titles. They tell Dhritarashtra exactly who his nephew's charioteer really is. Whether Dhritarashtra absorbs the implication is another matter entirely.

This shloka is a hinge. Everything before it was conversation — Arjuna asking, Krishna agreeing. Everything after it is vision. The words stop and the showing begins.

This is Sanjay's voice, narrating to Dhritarashtra. It serves as a transition shloka — moving from dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna to Sanjay's description of what the cosmic form looked like.

From shloka 11.10 onward, Sanjay will attempt to describe in words what even divine sight found overwhelming. The next two shlokas (11.10-11) form a pair, painting the Vishwarupa in broad strokes.

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