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In the Bhagavad-gita Arjuna asks Krishna to show him His universal form. Why does Arjuna want to see it? Because he desires to have visual confirmation of Krishna’s previous verbal declaration “I sustain the whole universe with just a fragment of Myself” (10.42). Why does Arjuna desire this visual confirmation? For his benefit – and for ...
The universal form pervades the universe from within or encompasses it from without or both. Krishna doesn’t have any such form that exists eternally in the spiritual world; he sometimes reveals it as a temporary.
Oct 2, 2024 · As Arjuna's mortal eyes are bestowed with divine vision, he perceives the unimaginable vastness of the cosmos encapsulated within Krishna's form. Celestial beings, gods, demons, and cosmic phenomena manifest within Krishna, blurring the lines between the visible and invisible realms.
In the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna initially requests Krishna to show his universal form. When Krishna obliges, Arjuna responds by describing and glorifying the theophany, identifying it to be the universal form. Yet toward the end of his description, he asks, “Who am I seeing?”.
Nov 14, 2015 · Why Arjuna is present if Vishnu wanted to see only Krishna? That is because, Arjuna made a promise to protect the brahmana's children and unable to do so, he was ready to give up life by entering fire. Thus Krishna took Arjuna along with him. This explanation is in line with Paribhasa sutra(SB 1.3.28, krsnastu bhagavan svayam) as I discussed here.
In this chapter, he requests the Lord to show him His viśhwarūp, or the infinite cosmic form. Shree Krishna grants Arjun divine vision to see His infinite-form that comprises all the universes. Arjun sees the entire creation in the body of the God of gods with unlimited arms, faces, and stomachs.
Addressing Lord Krishna as sahasra-bāho, meaning “thousand-armed one,” Arjuna is now specifically requesting to see the chatur-bhuj rūp, or four- armed form of Lord Krishna. In the four-armed form, Shree Krishna appeared before Arjun on another occasion as well.
