And then he showed him

evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥdarśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṃ rūpamaiśvaram

Having spoken this, O King, Hari, the great Lord of yoga, revealed to Arjuna his supreme, sovereign form.

What it means

Here the narrator steps in. Sanjaya tells the blind king that the promise has been kept. Krishna, called Hari, the one who takes away sorrow, and Lord of yoga, master of all spiritual power, reveals his highest form. What follows is the heart of the chapter.

The story

Far from Kurukshetra, in a palace, Sanjaya sits beside the blind king Dhritarashtra. He has been granted sight of the distant battle. Now he must find words for something words cannot hold. He takes a breath, and begins.

In your life

You call your housebound father from your daughter's graduation. He can't be there, so you describe it all, the gowns, her name, her grin. Next time someone can't be present, be their eyes, and tell it well.