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11.4 If you think it can be seen Arjuna speaks

मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो
योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्

manyase yadi tach chhakyaṁ mayā draṣhṭum iti prabho
yogeśhvara tato me tvaṁ darśhayātmānam avyayam

If you think it can be seen by me, lord, master of yoga, then show me your imperishable self.

Explanation

If you think it can be seen by me.

The conditional is Arjuna's own, and it is the last moment of caution before the vision.

He leaves the judgement to Krishna — if you think — which makes what happens next something he asked for and was granted, not something done to him.

Word by word

manyase
you think
yadi
if
tat
that
śhakyam
possible
mayā
by me
draṣhṭum
to behold
iti
thus
prabho
Lord
yoga-īśhvara
Lord of all mystic powers
tataḥ
then
me
to me
tvam
you
darśhaya
reveal
ātmānam
yourself
avyayam
imperishable