Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 482

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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The Universal Form
Chapter 11: Verse-8

They take Him as a personal friend. Therefore Sukadeva Gosvämi recites this verse:

ittham satäm brahma-sukhänubhütyä däsyam gatänäm para-daivatena
mäyäsritänäm nara-därakena säkam vijahruh krta-punya-punjäh

“Here is the Supreme Person, who is considered the impersonal Brahman by great sages, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotees, and a product of material nature by ordinary men. Now these boys, who have performed many, many pious activities in their past lives, are playing with that Supreme Personality of Godhead.”[1]The fact is that the devotee is not concerned with seeing the visva-rüpa, the universal form, but Arjuna wanted to see it to substantiate Krsna’s statements so that in the future people could understand that krsna not only theoretically or philosophically presented Himself as the Supreme but actually presented Himself as such to Arjuna. Arjuna must confirm this because Arjuna is the beginning of the paramparä system. Those who are actually interested in understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and who follow in the footsteps of Arjuna should understand that krsna not only theoretically presented Himself as the Supreme, but actually revealed Himself as the Supreme. The Lord gave Arjuna the necessary power to see His universal form because He knew that Arjuna did not particularly want to see it, as we have already explained.



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References

  1. Srimad-Bhägavatam 10.12.11

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