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GITĀ, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CH. X 1081
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् । मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥७॥ न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा। दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥८॥
संजय उवाच। $$ एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥९॥ अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकान्तदर्शनम् ।
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥१०॥ The description of the Cosmic Form (višvarūpa) shown to Nārada in the Nārāyaniya doctrine is more specific; and says that the twelve Suns were on the left side; the eight Vasus, in the front; the eleven Rudras, on the right side; and the Asvinikumāras, at the back (Săn. 339. 50-52). But this description does not seem to have been accepted everywhere (See Ma. Bhā. U. 130). The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Asvinikumāras, and Marudganas are Vedic deities, and a division into four classes among them has been made in the Mahābhārata by saying that the Adityas were Ksatriyas; the Marudganas, Vaisyas%3; and the Asvinikumāras, Sudras (San. 208. 23, 24). See also
Satapatha-brāhmana, 14. 4. 2. 23. ] (7) 0 Gudakesa! the entire moveable and immoveable universe, which has been collected here to-day, and whatever else you may desire to see, see that in (this) My Form ! (8) But, wit': this vision of yours, you will not be able to see Me. Therefore, I am giving to you a supernatural vision; (by it) see this My divine Yoga (that is, Yogic Power).
___Sanjaya said :-(9) Having spoken thus, O Dhrtarastra ! the great Lord of Yoga, namely, Hari, showed to Arjuna (His) excellent divine form (that is, the Cosmic Form or višvarūpa). (10) To that (that is, to that Cosmic Form), there were innumerable mouths and eyes, and many wonderful sights were to be seen in it; (and) on it there
