Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.207

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By favour, through My mystic form divine
Arjuna, thou My form supreme hast seen,
Resplendent, Universal, Infinite,
Primeval, seen before by none but thee.
Yet not by Vedas, nor by sacrifice,
By study, alms, good works, or rites austere
Can this My form be seen by mortal man,
O Prince of Kurus! but by thee alone.¹