Bhagavad-gītā 11.9

Explain simply

Speaker: Sañjaya

सञ्जय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः ।
दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥९॥

sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvā tato rājan
mahā-yogeśvaro hariḥ
darśayām āsa pārthāya
paramaṁ rūpam aiśvaram

Word for word (synonyms)

sañjayaḥ uvāca
Sanjaya said
evam
thus
uktvā
saying
tataḥ
thereafter
rājan
O King
mahā-yogeśvaraḥ
the most powerful mystic
hariḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa
darśayāmāsa
showed
pārthāya
unto Arjuna
paramam
divine
rūpam
universal form
aiśvaram
opulences

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, speaking thus, the Supreme, the Lord of all mystic power, the Personality of Godhead, displayed His universal form to Arjuna.

What this verse teaches

Kṛṣṇa displays the universal form

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