न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा ।दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā |divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogam aiśvaram ||
- न · na
- not
- शक्यसे · śakyase
- you are able
- द्रष्टुम् · draṣṭum
- to see
- अनेन · anena
- with this
- स्वचक्षुषा · sva-cakṣuṣā
- with your own eye
- दिव्यम् · divyam
- divine
- ददामि · dadāmi
- I give
- चक्षुः · cakṣuḥ
- eye, sight
- योगम् ऐश्वरम् · yogam aiśvaram
- majestic power of joining
“But you cannot see me with this eye of yours alone. I give you a divine eye — behold my majestic power.”
— Original plain-language translation
Grace precedes vision: the organ of seeing itself must be gifted before the object can appear. The 'divine eye' (divya-cakshus) becomes a famous symbol of revelation granted, not seized — echoed later in Sanjaya's own granted sight.
— Reader's notes (original)