On reading this verse one feels that the Lord should have stated this prior to the three foregoing verses; after saying much about seeing now the Lord is speaking in this manner. Doubt would have arisen if the Lord without assuring to provide divine eyes had merely said, "O Parth! You cannot see Me with these physical eyes of yours and had maintained silence thereafter or would have started some other topic of discussion." This is being done to intensify the keenness of Arjun or to increase his thirst to have a vision of the universal form of the Lord. The eagerness was already there; nevertheless, by giving a glimpse through words that whatever you desire to see, view all that, which you have never ever seen. See that, etc. Fagerness has been made to intensify yearning. Whatever is the extent of hunger or thirst, to that extent the importance of food and water will be understood by the mind. Seeing that the eagerness of Arjun had intensified; the Lord said-

Whatever can be seen with physical eyes or whatever will be seen-that all will be perishable. 'Yad drishtam tannashtam' The Supreme is the permanent existence. He is not the subject of these eyes. Viewing the world with these eyes with the aid of inner discrimination, it can be concluded that all this is a form of the Lord or His sportive play. But Arjun says that this is not enough for Me; all this You have already narrated to me in the form of Your glories; I have heard and understood it too. I believe it also; now I desire to see, to have a direct view of that, and that too in the form in which all is in that and that in all!

In the Gita there are three types of vision-physical eyes which are able to see the world only. The eye of wisdom has been mentioned twice-in the last verse of chapter thirteen and the tenth verse of chapter fifteen! The eye of wisdom, i. e, the eye of discrimination and reflection; that which differentiates between the sentient and the insentient and is able to discern the real even in the unreal and the third is the divine sight! The expansive form of the Lord is divine; that is why divine sight is essential. By making an effort the embodied being can engage in worship, remembrance, reading of scriptures and recitation and he should do so too; this will lead to the purity of the inner state. Concentration lies in the purity of the inmost self. All this is essential but further the experience of Truth is not based on effort; it is attained by the grace of the Divine. When will it be attained? When He wills it. If will take place Who will attain it? The one on whom He desires to bestow it. The milkmaids (Gopis) desired to have the bliss of divine dance but they could get their mind's desire fulfilled only when 'Bhagwaanapi ta ratri shardot phulal mallika'-when in the night of the full moon of the month of sharad (winter month) the Lord also had a similar will.

Otherwise too, the innermost self which pure and flawless, completely shorn of impurity and agitation and with the absence of veil, is the state which is expected for the realization of the Supreme. Even then, if the grace of the Lord is not added to it, His will is not with us or if one is bestowed with some special powers from Him till then, that the embodied being can have a direct realization, it does not appear to be possible. Even if it is possible all of a sudden then this state is so astounding that it will not be possible for the embodied being to grasp it or to experience it. For this reason too after saying 'pasya' (see) and thereafter in the next three verses the Lord paused and talked about giving divine sight.

A direct experience can bring about the arrogance of the effort of dedication resorted to, just as the cowmaids (gopis) experienced prior to the divine dance. From every viewpoint the Lord's words are apt; not just by the physical eyes, i e. not just by the efforts or devotion of oneself, divine sight, the divine grace, the yogic power given by the divine is essential.

Arjun was blessed with the divine sight. Lord Krishna showed His vast form; How? See; it was described in the words of Sanjay-