Bhagavatgita a detailed study- chapter 11The Cosmic Form

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Sanjaya uvaacha

 

35. ethath Sruthvaa vachanam kesavasya

 

krthaanjaliH vepamaanaH kireetee

 

namaskrthvaa bhooya eva aaha krshnam

 

sagadhgadham bheetha bheethaH pranamya

 

Sanjaya said,

 

Hearing these words of Krishna Arjuna with folded hands and trembling bowed down to Krishna and spoke again falteringly with fear.

 

Sanjaya was describing the effect the cosmic form had on Arjuna to Dhratharashtra. It was strange that even at that moment Dhrtharashtra did not realize that unless the war was stopped all his people would die. The words of Sanjaya meant to strike fear at the heart of Dhrathrashtra fell into deaf ears and the king who was blind to reality was also deaf to the truth.

 

Arjuna even after the assurance of safety and victory by the Lord could not get rid of fear on seeing the cosmic form and now speaks to Krishna with fear trembling and with words faltering with emotion. That is because he lacked the wisdom of the sages who delighted in seeing the cosmic form. Arjuna only wants the Lord to get back to His original form of Vasudeva Krishna.

 

There is a story that a man who wanted to see mother Kali and ask for her boons and slept in the temple praying to her. Kali appeared in front in Her terrible form and asked him what he wanted. He was so terrified that he asked her only to go away.

 

Then Arjuna starts praising the Lord in 9 slokas from now which are the only sthuthi in the whole Gita and very impressive and chanted by many with devotion.

 

The word KeSava denotes the supremacy of the Lord Narayana whose powers are manifested through Brahma, (ka) and Siva ( eesa). Ka + eesa in His vaSa , kaScha eeeSascha vase yasya saH kesavaH.