cosmic Krsna kindly comes as the Deity

[Guest guest]

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-vidhi. 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

[Guest guest]

> 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, its 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.

 

Q) Does virAT-rUpa here refer to the vishwa-rUpa of BG Ch. 11? In BG

11.5 purport, Srila Prabhupada says that vishwa-rUpa is manifest

and unmanifest like the material manifestation. I just wanted to check

on this, and why Prabhupada is comparing with this vishwa-rUpa here.

 

Can someone provide the explanation and scriptural authority

explaining why this virAT-rUpa is not eternal like the other forms?

 

Yours humbly,

Carl