Deity and Virata Rupa

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Krsna's Deity and Krsna not different. I was explaining this morning, Krsna

has come, kindly, to accept your service as you can deal with Him. If Krsna

comes in His gigantic form -- Krsna has got gigantic form also, as it was

shown to Arjuna -- you will not be able to capture Him, neither you have any

means to dress him. Suppose the universal form of Krsna is there, and you

have to dress Him, so the (laughter) whole cloth factory will be

finished.(laughter) Is it not? How you can dress? You have no capacity to

dress. But Krsna has kindly accepted a form, the Deity. You can purchase

cloth according to your means, and with your great devotion, you can dress.

Similarly, the gigantic gigantic virat-rupa, universal form, the whole, it s

described in the Bhagavad-gita that He is eating, the whole humanity is

going on in His mouth. Then where you will get such food? (laughter) The

whole human..., the whole universal living entities can be devoured by

Krsna. But, because you are not able to offer such gigantic food to Krsna,

Krsna says, "All right, give Me," patram puspam phalam toyam, "give Me a

little flower, give Me a little fruit, give Me a little water, I shall

accept it." This is called arcana-viddhi. Krsna has agreed to accept your

service as you can afford to do. It is not idol worship. It is actually

worshiping Krsna.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 7.1 -- Melbourne, June 29, 1974

 

God is not visible to everyone. He is visible -- "Here is God" -- but those

who have not developed the eyes to see God, they think "Here is a doll, and

tese foolish people are worshiping a doll." No. He is God, Krsna. He is

Krsna. This is called arca-vigraha. Krsna agrees to accept your service. If

you want to serve the universal form of God, that is not possible. Where you

will get so big dress to cover Krsna, if He appears in His universal form.?

(laughter) But He is so kind that He has come in a form. Because He is

almighty, all powerful, so whatever you can provide, you can dress Krsna,

you can feed Krsna, you can decorate Krsna. It is His mercy, to become handy

for your service. This is called arca-vigraha.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.18 -- Chicago, July 4, 1974