Bhagavad Gita 11.8 Meaning: Na tu mam shakyase

Bhagavad Gita 11.8

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा ।दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥

Na tu mam shakyase drashtumanenaiva svachakshushaDivyam dadami te chakshuh pashya me yogamaishvaram

na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā |divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram ||

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Our explanation But, Krishna says, Arjuna cannot see him with these eyes of his own. So he gives Arjuna a divine eye, and tells him to see his power as the Lord (yogam aiśvaram).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि अर्जुन अपनी इन आँखों से उन्हें नहीं देख सकते। इसलिए वे अर्जुन को दिव्य दृष्टि देते हैं, और कहते हैं कि अब वे उनका ऐश्वर योग, यानी ईश्वर की शक्ति, देखें।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
शक्यसे śakyase · you are able (present passive, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: śak, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for”
द्रष्टुम् draṣṭum · to see (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
अनेन anena · with this (pronoun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here”
एव eva · only, just (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
स्वचक्षुषा svacakṣuṣā · with your own eye (compound (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: sva-cakṣus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 2 “o° own eye”
दिव्यम् divyam · divine (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”
ददामि dadāmi · give (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. dā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 473, col. 3 “to give, bestow, grant”
ते te · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
चक्षुः cakṣuḥ · eye, sight (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: cakṣus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 382, col. 2 “the eye”
पश्य paśya · see (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
मे me · "my" (Krishna's) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
योगम् yogam · yoga, power (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 3 “application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation”
ऐश्वरम् aiśvaram · lordly, divine (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: aiśvara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 234, col. 3 “relating to or coming from a mighty lord or king”

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