Bhagavad Gita 11.47

mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṁ

rūpaṁ paraṁ darśitam ātma-yogāt

tejo-mayaṁ viśvam anantam ādyam

yan me tvad-anyena na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam

 

Out of my grace this form you see,

My hidden splendor shown to thee;

This boundless blaze, the primal sight,

Seen by none but you in human light.

 

My dear Lord, you bless Arjuna with an unprecedented vision of your universal form, including your manifestation as time. Although this vision arises from your mercy in response to his intimate friendship with you, you do not limit revelation to a chosen few.

O universally merciful Lord, every insight, inspiration, and intuition ultimately comes from you as a form of revelation. Every advance in human history, spiritual or secular, is lit by a beam that links the known to the newly known—and that beam is your revelation. Through the still small inner voice, you keep guiding everyone toward a deeper understanding of the world, so that they may seek you and ultimately see you.

O supremely reciprocal Lord, when I recognize that you are constantly offering guidance to everyone, that recognition itself is a form of revelation. That revelation illuminates how you are never partial—you are ever reciprocal. You are like the sun that shines on everyone, even on those who never look up; you grant everyone the wisdom to live. And you are also like the beauty of a sunrise, noticed only by those who pause to see; you grant to the devotionally receptive the wisdom that it is you who make life worth living. Just as lovers of beauty grow ever more sensitive to beauty, let my bhakti practice make me a connoisseur of divinity, receptive to the personal guidance by which you lead me toward you, my eternal home.

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11.47 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, happily have I shown you, by My internal potency, this supreme universal form within the material world. No one before you has ever seen this primal form, unlimited and full of glaring effulgence.