BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:13

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:13

 

tatraika-stham jagat krtsnam

pravibhaktam anekadha

apasyad deva-devasya

sarire pandavas tada

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tatra--there; eka-stham--in one place; jagat--the universe;

krtsnam--complete; pravibhaktam--divided; anekadha--into many;

apasyat--could see; deva-devasya--of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead; sarire--in the universal form; pandavah--Arjuna; tada--at

that time.

 

TRANSLATION

 

At that time Arjuna could see in the universal form of the Lord the

unlimited expansions of the universe situated in one place although

divided into many, many thousands.

 

PURPORT

 

The word tatra ("there") is very significant. It indicates that both

Arjuna and Krsna were sitting on the chariot when Arjuna saw the

universal form. Others on the battlefield could not see this form,

because Krsna gave the vision only to Arjuna. Arjuna could see in the

body of Krsna many thousands of planets. As we learn from Vedic

scriptures, there are many universes and many planets. Some of them

are made of earth, some are made of gold, some are made of jewels,

some are very great, some are not so great, etc. Sitting on his

chariot, Arjuna could see all these. But no one could understand what

was going on between Arjuna and Krsna.

 

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