11.3
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर ।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥
evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṃ parameśvara
draṣṭum icchāmi te rūpam aiśvaraṃ puruṣottama
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण).
The verse
It is so, as you say yourself, supreme lord; I wish to see your lordly form, highest person.
नेपालीमा
हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले आफैँ भन्नुभएझैँ यो त्यस्तै हो। हे सर्वोच्च पुरुष, म तपाईंको ऐश्वर्य रूप देख्न चाहन्छु।
Where it sits
Hearing is granted. Seeing is requested. The form he names is the lordly one, aiśvaram (ऐश्वरम्), not the man standing on the chariot.
Split: एवम् + एतत् + यथा + आत्थ + त्वम् + आत्मानम् + परम-ईश्वर + द्रष्टुम् + इच्छामि + ते + रूपम् + ऐश्वरम् + पुरुष-उत्तम
evam + etat + yathā + āttha + tvam + ātmānam + parama-īśvara + draṣṭum + icchāmi + te + rūpam + aiśvaram + puruṣa-uttama
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| एवम् | evam | indeclinable | thus. |
| एतत् | etat | nominative singular neuter | this. What you have said of yourself. |
| यथा | yathā | indeclinable | as. |
| आत्थ | āttha | present, 2nd singular of āh (आह्) | you say. |
| त्वम् | tvam | nominative | you. |
| आत्मानम् | ātmānam | accusative | yourself. |
| परम-ईश्वर | parama-īśvara | vocative | supreme lord. |
| द्रष्टुम् | draṣṭum | infinitive of dṛś (दृश्) | to see. |
| इच्छामि | icchāmi | present, 1st singular | I wish. |
| ते | te | genitive enclitic | your. |
| रूपम् | rūpam | accusative | form. |
| ऐश्वरम् | aiśvaram | accusative | lordly. Belonging to the lord. Agrees with rūpam (रूपम्). |
| पुरुष-उत्तम | puruṣa-uttama | vocative | highest person. |
The phrases
एवम् एतत् यथा आत्थ त्वम् आत्मानम् evam etat yathā āttha tvam ātmānam accepts the account. It is thus, this, as you say yourself. He is not arguing with chapter 10.
द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि ते रूपम् ऐश्वरम् draṣṭum icchāmi te rūpam aiśvaram is the new ask. I wish to see your lordly form. The infinitive is the thing wished. The accusatives are the thing seen.
parama-īśvara (परम-ईश्वर) and पुरुष-उत्तम puruṣa-uttama are the two vocatives, one in each half. Supreme lord. Highest person.
Sanskrit in this line
यथा + आत्थ yathā + āttha is recited yathāttha (यथात्थ). ā (आ) plus ā (आ) is one long ā (आ), not two. āttha (आत्थ) is "you say," second person singular. The ending is on the verb of saying, and tvam (त्वम्) is the subject standing beside it.
Say it back
What he grants, and what he wants to do. If draṣṭum (द्रष्टुम्) comes out as "to hear," stay here. The ear is finished. The eye is the ask.