Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 8 (11.8)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा
दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्
॥ 11.8 ॥
na tu māṃ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā
divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram
Translation
"But you cannot see me with these eyes of yours. I give you divine sight — behold my sovereign yoga."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. na tu māṃ viśvarūpadharaṃ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva prākṛtena svacakṣuṣā; yena tu śakyase draṣṭuṃ divyena, tat divyaṃ dadāmi te tubhyaṃ cakṣuḥ; aiśvaraṃ yogaṃ yogaśaktyatiśayam ity arthaḥ.
Acharya Ramanuja. niyamitaparimitavastugrāhiṇā prākṛtena svacakṣuṣā — with the natural eye, which grasps limited things; tava divyam aprākṛtaṃ maddarśanasādhanaṃ cakṣuḥ dadāmi; mama anantajñānādiyogam anantavibhūtiyogaṃ ca paśya.
Shridhar Swami. anenaiva tu svīyena carmacakṣuṣā māṃ draṣṭuṃ na śakyase — you cannot see me with this eye of skin; divyam alaukikaṃ jñānātmakaṃ cakṣus — I give a divine, otherworldly eye made of knowledge. And "yoga" = aghaṭitaghaṭanāsāmarthyaṃ — the power to make the impossible possible.
Madhusudana Saraswati. "Natural eye" = svabhāvasiddhena cakṣuṣā — the eye one is born with; and he also discusses a variant reading (śakṣyasa iti pāṭhe — if the reading is "shakshyase", the meaning is: you will not be able).
Vedanta Deshika (Ramanuja's tradition). He explains Ramanuja's "eye that grasps limited things" — the ordinary eye sees only the limited, not the limitless.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.