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TEXT 45 adrsta-purvam hrsito 'smi drstva
SYNONYMS  adrsta-purvam--never
seen before; hrsitah--gladdened; asmi--I am; drstva--by
seeing; bhayena--out of fear; ca--also; pravyathitam--perturbed;
manah--mind; me--my; tat--therefore; eva--certainly;
me--unto me; darsaya--show; deva--O Lord; rupam--the
form; prasida--just be gracious; deva-isa--O Lord of lords;
jagat-nivasa--the refuge of the universe.
TRANSLATION After seeing
this universal form, which I have never seen before, I am gladdened, but
at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore please bestow
Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead,
O Lord of lords, O abode of the universe.
PURPORT Arjuna is always
in confidence with Krsna because he is a very dear friend, and as a dear
friend is gladdened by his friend's opulence, Arjuna is very joyful to
see that his friend, Krsna, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and can
show such a wonderful universal form. But at the same time, after seeing
that universal form, he is afraid that he has committed so many offenses
to Krsna out of his unalloyed friendship. Thus his mind is disturbed out
of fear, although he had no reason to fear. Arjuna therefore is asking
Krsna to show His Narayana form because He can assume any form. This universal
form is material and temporary, as the material world is temporary. But
in the Vaikuntha planets He has His transcendental form with four hands
as Narayana. There are innumerable planets in the spiritual sky, and in
each of them Krsna is present by His plenary manifestations of different
names. Thus Arjuna desired to see one of the forms manifest in the Vaikuntha
planets. Of course in each Vaikuntha planet the form of Narayana is four-handed,
and the four hands hold different symbols--the conchshell, mace, lotus
and disc. According to the different hands these four things are held in,
the Narayanas are named. All of these forms are one and the same to Krsna;
therefore Arjuna requests to see His four-handed feature.
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