Chapter 11 of 18 • 55 Verses
Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
The Vision of the Cosmic Universal Form
Chapter Philosophical Overview
Bestowing divine spiritual sight upon Arjuna, Krishna reveals His all-encompassing Vishwarupa: a blazing, infinite spectacle containing all galaxies, gods, times, births, and cosmic dissolutions simultaneously.
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कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः। ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥
I am all-powerful Time (Kala), the great destroyer of the worlds, engaged here in extinguishing these beings. Even without your participation, none of the warriors assembled in the opposing ranks shall escape death.