Chapter XI · Śloka 52
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम |
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ||
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम |
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ||
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
su-durdarśam idaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavān asi yan mama |
devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṃ darśana-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||
su-durdarśam idaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavān asi yan mama |
devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṃ darśana-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||
The Blessed Lord said: This form of Mine that you have seen is very difficult to behold. Even the gods are ever eager to see this form.
Krishna confirms the rarity of what Arjuna received — even the gods long to see it. Arjuna stumbled into the rarest of visions not through greatness but through the grace extended to a devoted and bewildered friend.