मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो ।योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ॥
manyase yadi tacchakyaṁ mayā draṣṭumiti prabhoyogeśvara tato me tvaṁ darśayātmānamavyayam
If Thou thinkest that it can be seen by me, O Lord, O Master of Yoga, then show me Thy imperishable Self.
Compiled rendering · Anilbaran Roy
AI translation
Essays on the Gita
When his doubts and perplexities are resolved and he knows that it is the Divine which must be his law, he aims again and always at such clear and decisive knowledge as will guide him practically to this source and this rule of his future action. How is the Divine to be distinguished among the various states of being which constitute our ordinary experience? What are the10·16 great manifestations of its self-energy in the world in which he can recognise and realise it by meditation? May he not see even11·1–4 now the divine cosmic Form of That which is actually speaking to him through the veil of the human mind and body? And his last questions demand a clear distinction between renunciation of works and this subtler renunciation he is asked to prefer; the actual difference between Purusha and Prakriti, the Field and the Knower of the Field, so important for the practice of desireless action under the drive of the divine Will; and finally a clear14·21 statement of the practical operations and results of the three modes of Prakriti which he is bidden to surmount.17·1
