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TEXT 3 evam etad yathattha tvam
SYNONYMS  evam--that;
etat--this; yatha--as it is; attha--have spoken; tvam--You;
atmanam--the soul; parama-isvara--the Supreme Lord; drastum--to
see; icchami--I wish; te--You; rupam--form; aisvaram--divine;
purusa-uttama--O best of personalities.
TRANSLATION O greatest
of all personalities, O supreme form, though I see here before me Your
actual position, I wish to see how You have entered into this cosmic manifestation.
I want to see that form of Yours.
PURPORT The Lord said
that because He entered into the material universe by His personal representation,
the cosmic manifestation has been made possible and is going on. Now as
far as Arjuna is concerned, he is inspired by the statements of Krsna,
but in order to convince others in the future who may think that Krsna
is an ordinary person, he desires to see Him actually in His universal
form, to see how He is acting from within the universe, although He is
apart from it. Arjuna's asking the Lord's permission is also significant.
Since the Lord is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is present within
Arjuna himself; therefore He knows the desire of Arjuna, and He can understand
that Arjuna has no special desire to see Him in His universal form, for
he is completely satisfied to see Him in His personal form of Krsna. But
He can understand also that Arjuna wants to see the universal form to convince
others. He did not have any personal desire for confirmation. Krsna also
understands that Arjuna wants to see the universal form to set a criterion,
for in the future there would be so many imposters who would pose themselves
as incarnations of God. The people, therefore, should be careful; one who
claims to be Krsna should be prepared to show his universal form to confirm
his claim to the people.
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