Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11 Verse 52
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 11 श्लोक 52

श्री भगवानुवाच
सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।
देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
11.52 The Blessed Lord said  This form of Mine which you have seen is very difficult to see; even the gods are ever desirous of a vision of this form.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
11.52 The Blessed Lord said  Very hard indeed it is to see this form of Mine which thou hast seen. Even the gods are ever longing to behold it.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
11.52. The Bhagavat said  This form of Mine, which you have just observed is extremely difficult to observe; even gods are always curious of observing this form.


English Commentary  - Swami Sivananda
11.52 सुदुर्दर्शम् very hard to see? इदम् this? रूपम् form? दृष्टवानसि thou hast seen? यत् which? मम My? देवाः gods? अपि also? अस्य (of) this? रूपस्य of form? नित्यम् ever? दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः (are) desrious to behold.Commentary Lord Krishna says to Arjuna Though the gods long to behold the Cosmic Form yet they have not seen it as you have done. THey can never behold it.Just as the Chataka (a bird) longs for a drop of rain? eagerly turning its eyes towards the clouds? so also do gods yearn to behold the Cosmic Form but their wishes have not been gratified even in their dreams. Such is that marvellous vision which thou hast easily seen.


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
11.52 Idam, this; rupam, form; mama, of Mine; yat, which; drstavan, asi, you have seen is; sudur-darsam, very difficult to see. Api, even; the devah, gods; are nityam, ever; darsana-kanksinah, desirous of a vision; asya, of this; rupasya, form of Mine. The idea is that though they want to see, they have not seen in the way you have, nor will they see!
Why so?


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
11.52 Sri Abhinavagupta did not comment upon this sloka.


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
11.52 The Lord said  This form of Mine which you have seen, and which has the whole universe under control, which is the foundation of all and which forms the origin of all - this cannot be beheld by any one. Even the gods ever long to see this form; but they have not seen it.

Why?  Sri Krsna says:


Commentary  - Chakravarthi Ji
Here the Lord glorifies in three verses that universal form which he showed. The devatas desire to see that form, but cannot see it. But you do not even desire that form. How can your two eyes, which continually taste the great sweetness of my human form which is the original form, enjoy that universal form? Therefore I gave you divya eyes to see it: divyarh dadami te caksuh. But though I gave divya (heavenly) eyes, I did not give you a divya mind. Thus, by those divya eyes alone you cannot enjoy completely that form, because your mind relishes only the great sweetness of my human form. If I had given you divya mind, then you would have relished that form of the purusa as the universal form just as devatas do.


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Revealing the extraordinary grace  that  He  had  bestowed  on  Arjuna,  the
Supreme Lord Krishna declares that idam-rupam His  original  two-armed  form
which is pure  spiritual  sat-cid-ananda  or  eternal  existence,  unlimited
cognizance and endless bliss. This form is almost never seen by any  of  the
demigods who always hanker to see it but are unable as it is extremely  rare
to behold. That Lord Krishna is no  longer  refering  to  the  visvarupa  or
divine universal form is evident by the words drstavan asi  which  mean  are
presently seeing.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary





The original two-armed form of the Supreme Lord Krishna is very rarely  seen
any where in the  material  existence  and  even  the  demigods  are  always
hankering for a glimpse of it; but despite immense life  spans  of  hundreds
of thousands of years they are unable to see it.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Lord Krishna explains His two-armed form is extremely difficult to behold
and is very rarely seen. The demigods in the heavenly planets having heard
about it are always hankering to see His visvarupa or divine universal form
but it is inaccessible to them and His two-armed form they have no
opportunity to witness as they are unaware of it.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
Lord Krishna explains His two-armed form is extremely difficult to behold
and is very rarely seen. The demigods in the heavenly planets having heard
about it are always hankering to see His visvarupa or divine universal form
but it is inaccessible to them and His two-armed form they have no
opportunity to witness as they are unaware of it.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 11.52Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:
Sudurdarshamidam roopam drishtavaanasi yanmama;
Devaa apyasya roopasya nityam darshanakaangkshinah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 11.52śhrī-bhagavān uvācha—the Supreme Lord said; su-durdarśham—exceedingly difficult to behold; idam—this; rūpam—form; dṛiṣhṭavān asi—that you are seeing; yat—which; mama—of mine; devāḥ—the celestial gods; api—even; asya—this; rūpasya—form; nityam—eternally; darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ—aspiring to see; na—never; aham—I; vedaiḥ—by study of the Vedas; na—never; tapasā—by serious penances; na—never; dānena—by charity; na—never; cha—also; ijyayā—by worship; śhakyaḥ—it is possible; evam-vidhaḥ—like this; draṣhṭum—to see; dṛiṣhṭavān—seeing; asi—you are; mām—me; yathā—as