The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Arjuna continues describing the cosmic form's overwhelming radiance. 'Kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakriṇaṁ ca'—wearing a crown (kirīṭinam), holding a mace (gadinam) and discus (cakriṇam). 'Tejo-rāśiṁ sarvato dīptimantam'—a mass of effulgence (tejo-rāśim), radiant everywhere (sarvato dīptimantam). 'Paśyāmi tvāṁ durnirīkṣyaṁ'—I see (paśyāmi) You (tvām) difficult to look at (durnirīkṣyam). 'Samantād dīptānalārkadyutim aprameyam'—on all sides (samantāt), blazing with the splendor (dyutim) of fire (anal) and sun (arka), immeasurable (aprameyam). Arjuna sees the cosmic form as intensely brilliant—like fire and sun combined, impossible to look at directly, yet he can see it with divine vision. The form is immeasurable, beyond ordinary comprehension, radiating divine effulgence everywhere.