11.3 Now I wish to see Arjuna speaks

एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम

evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvara
draṣhṭum ichchhāmi te rūpam aiśhwaraṁ puruṣhottama

You have spoken of yourself as you are, supreme lord. Now I wish to see that form of yours as ruler.

Explanation

Now I wish to see.

draṣṭum icchāmi — I want to see that form of yours as ruler.

This is the request the whole chapter is an answer to. Words have worked; he wants sight. It is the most human thing he asks for in the book, and it goes badly.

Word by word

evam: thus
etat: this
yathā: as
āttha: have spoken
tvam: you
ātmānam: yourself
parama-īśhvara: Supreme Lord
draṣhṭum: to see
ichchhāmi: I desire
te: your
rūpam: form
aiśhwaram: divine
puruṣha-uttama: Shree Krishna, the Supreme Divine Personality