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The Blessed Lord said Very hard indeed it is to see this form of Mine which thou hast seen. Even the gods are ever longing to behold it.

The Lord said: This form of mine that you have seen is very hard to behold. Even the gods are always longing for a sight of it.

Krishna impresses on Arjuna how rare his experience was. The form he saw is extremely difficult to see, and even the gods continually long to see it. The verse again places the vision in the realm of grace. It also invites Arjuna to value what he has received rather than to remember it only as terror. Some readers take this form to be the cosmic vision; others take it to be the gentle divine form that followed. Either way, the gods' longing shows that the sight of the divine is the highest desire, even for beings far above humans.