മന്യസേ യദി തച്ഛക്യം മയാ ദ്രഷ്ടുമിതി പ്രഭോ യോഗേശ്വര തതോ മേ ത്വം ദര്ശയാത്മാനമവ്യയം
manyase yadi tacchakyaṃ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho yogeśvara tato me tvaṃ darśayātmānamavyayam
English Translation
O Lord, if You think that it is possible to be seen by me, then, O Lord of Yoga, You show me Your eternal Self.
Explanation · English
Arjuna is very keen and eager to see the Cosmic Form of the Lord. He prays to Him to grant him the vision. This supreme vision can be obtained only through His grace.Yogesvara also means the Lord of Yoga. A Yogi is one who is endowed with the eight psychic powers (Siddhis). The Lord of the Yogins is Yogesvara. And? Yoga is identity of the individual soul with the Absolute. He who is able to bestow this realisation of identity on the deserving spiritual aspirant is Yogesvara.He Who is able to create? preserve? destroy? veil and graciously release is the Lord. (These five actions? Panchakriyas? are known respectively as Srishti? Sthiti? Samhara? Tirodhana and Anugraha.)