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Chapter 11
Link: Arjuna, in the next two verses, prays to the Lord to reveal His four-armed form.
adrstapurvam hrsito'smi drstva bhayena ca pravyathitam mano
me tadeva me darsaya devarupam prasida devesa jagannivasa
I rejoice that I have witnessed what was never revealed before, but my mind is confused with fear. Reveal to me kindly that divine form (the placid form of Visnu), O Lord of the gods, O Abode of the universe. 45
Comment:
[When Arjuna prayed to the Lord, to reveal His cosmic form to him He revealed it to him. So having faith in His grace, he prays to him to reveal to him, His divine form.]
Adrstapurvam hrsito'smi drstva bhayena ca pravyathitam mano me:- When Arjuna, had a vision of the Lord's cosmic form, his joy knew no bounds, and he considered himself very fortunate, because the Lord by His infinite compassion, had revealed to him that form. But, when he beheld the fearful phase, of that cosmic form, he trembled with fear.
Tadeva me darsaya deva rupam prasida devesa jagannivasa:- The term 'Tat' (that), denotes that Arjuna in the past, had a vision of that divine form, which is now out of sight. When Arjuna, saw the Lord's cosmic form, he saw Brahma seated on the lotus-seat (11/15). It indicated that he also beheld Lord Visnu, from whose navel, the divine lotus sprang. Then Arjuna, in the seventeenth verse, said, "I see you with a diadem, club, discus ('Ca' denotes conch and lotus)". It shows, that Arjuna had a vision of the divine form[1] (four-armed Lord) also, within that cosmic form.
The term 'Deva rupam, refers to the four-armed divine form, which he saw within the Lord's cosmic form. Secondly, in the fifteenth verse, Arjuna addressed the Lord as 'Deva' (God) (Divinity), which means that Arjuna prayed to Him, to reveal to him neither the cosmic form nor the human form, but the four-armed form.
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