BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:47

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:47

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca

maya prasannena tavarjunedam

rupam param darsitam atma-yogat

tejo-mayam visvam anantam adyam

yan me tvad anyena na drsta-purvam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; maya--by

Me; prasannena--happily; tava--unto you; arjuna--O Arjuna; idam--this;

rupam--form; param--transcendental; darsitam--shown; atma-yogat--by My

internal potency; tejah-mayam--full of effulgence; visvam--the entire

universe; anantam--unlimited; adyam--original; yat--that which;

me--My; tvat anyena--besides you; na drsta-purvam--no one has

previously seen.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, happily have

I shown you, by My internal potency, this supreme universal form

within the material world. No one before you has ever seen this primal

form, unlimited and full of glaring effulgence.

 

PURPORT

 

Arjuna wanted to see the universal form of the Supreme Lord, so Lord

Krsna, out of His mercy upon His devotee Arjuna, showed His universal

form, full of effulgence and opulence. This form was glaring like the

sun, and its many faces were rapidly changing. Krsna showed this form

just to satisfy the desire of His friend Arjuna. This form was

manifested by Krsna through His internal potency, which is

inconceivable by human speculation. No one had seen this universal

form of the Lord before Arjuna, but because the form was shown to

Arjuna, other devotees in the heavenly planets and in other planets in

outer space could also see it. They had not seen it before, but

because of Arjuna they were also able to see it. In other words, all

the disciplic devotees of the Lord could see the universal form which

was shown to Arjuna by the mercy of Krsna. Someone has commented that

this form was shown to Duryodhana also when Krsna went to Duryodhana

to negotiate for peace. Unfortunately, Duryodhana did not accept the

peace offer, but at that time Krsna manifested some of His universal

forms. But those forms are different from this one shown to Arjuna. It

is clearly said that no one had ever seen this form before.

 

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