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11.8Krishna
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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 ||

· 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

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.

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