Meaning
Arjuna spoke
O, God-the-Supreme! You are truly as you declare yourself! Yet, I wish to behold your majesty, O, Purushottama (Krishna)! (11:3)
Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाच
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर ।
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम॥
Word-by-word
एवम् एतत् यथा आत्थ त्वम् आत्मानम् परमेश्वर,
द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि ते रूपम् ऐश्वरम् पुरुषोत्तम!
Commentary
In the preceding 10th chapter, the Lord discussed His vastness and magnificence, concluding that He permeates and sustains the entire cosmos with just a fraction of His essence. This instilled in Arjuna a longing to witness His splendor with his own eyes, instead of having just an abstract idea of His immensity and opulence, even though the full majesty of God is challenging to perceive in a tangible form.