श्रीभगवानुवाच ।मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् ।तेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं यन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ darśitam ātma-yogāt |tejo-mayaṃ viśvam anantam ādyaṃ yan me tvad-anyena na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam ||
- प्रसन्नेन · prasannena
- by one graciously pleased
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- O Arjuna
- रूपम् परम् · rūpam param
- the supreme form
- दर्शितम् · darśitam
- has been shown
- आत्मयोगात् · ātma-yogāt
- by my own power of joining
- तेजोमयम् · tejo-mayam
- made of radiance
- आद्यम् · ādyam
- primeval
- त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् · tvad-anyena na dṛṣṭa-pūrvam
- never seen before by any other than you
“The Blessed Lord said: Graciously pleased, Arjuna, I have shown you this supreme form by my own power — radiant, universal, boundless, primeval — which none but you has ever seen.”
— Original plain-language translation
Krishna stresses gift over achievement: the form came from his pleased will (prasanna) and his own yoga-power, not Arjuna's effort. Exclusivity here honors the devotee rather than closing the teaching to others.
— Reader's notes (original)