Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11, Verse 8

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा | दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||

na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogam aiśvaram

But you cannot see Me with your own eyes alone. I give you divine vision. Behold My divine yoga (power).

Krishna explains the necessity of divine vision. 'Na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā'—but you cannot (na śakyase) see Me (mām) with your own eyes (sva-cakṣuṣā) alone (anenaiva). The cosmic form cannot be seen with ordinary vision—it requires divine sight. 'Divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ'—I give (dadāmi) you (te) divine (divyam) vision (cakṣuḥ). Krishna grants Arjuna the special ability to see the cosmic form. 'Paśya me yogam aiśvaram'—behold (paśya) My divine (aiśvaram) yoga (yogam)—My divine power. This verse shows that seeing the cosmic form isn't a matter of looking harder with ordinary eyes—it requires divine vision granted by grace. The cosmic form is beyond ordinary perception—it requires special sight.