भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-11, verse-3

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एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर ।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥३॥

3. evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṁ parameśvara ,
draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṁ puruṣottama.

3. evam etat yathā āttha tvam ātmānam parameśvara
draṣṭum icchāmi te rūpam aiśvaram puruṣottama

3. parameśvara puruṣottama,
tvam ātmānam yathā āttha,
etat evam asti.
(aham) te aiśvaram rūpam draṣṭum icchāmi.

3. O Supreme Lord (parameśvara)! O Supreme Person (puruṣottama)! It is exactly as You have declared Yourself (ātman) to be. I desire to see Your divine (aiśvaram) form.

Words meanings summery:

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एवम् (evam) - exactly, thus (thus, so, in this manner)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, according to, just as)

आत्थ (āttha) - You have declared (you speak, you declare)

त्वम् (tvam) - You

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - Yourself (ātman) (Self, soul, spirit, oneself)

परमेश्वर (parameśvara) - O Supreme Lord (parameśvara) (O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Ruler)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see (to see, to perceive)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire)

ते (te) - Your (your, to you)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, shape, appearance, beauty)

ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine (divine, lordly, belonging to a lord, pertaining to sovereign power)

पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O Supreme Person (puruṣottama) (O Supreme Person, O best among persons)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - exactly, thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to the truth of Krishna's words.

यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, according to, just as)

(indeclinable)

आत्थ (āttha) - You have declared (you speak, you declare)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd class), Perfect tense, 2nd person singular. Irregular form.

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वम् (tvam) - You

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - Yourself (ātman) (Self, soul, spirit, oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind, body

Note: Object of 'āttha'.

परमेश्वर (parameśvara) - O Supreme Lord (parameśvara) (O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of parameśvara

parameśvara - Supreme Lord, highest ruler, (a name of Śiva or Viṣṇu)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+īśvara)

parama – highest, supreme, ultimate
adjective (masculine)
īśvara – lord, master, controller, God
noun (masculine)
from root īś (to be master)
Root: īś (class 2)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see (to see, to perceive)

(verb)

infinitive of draṣṭum

Infinitive

from root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of iṣ

Present Active

Root 'iṣ' (6th class), Present tense, 1st person singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)