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TEXT 47 sri-bhagavan uvaca
SYNONYMS  sri-bhagavan
uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; maya--by Me;
prasannena--happily; tava--unto you; arjuna--O Arjuna;
idam--this; rupam--form; param--transcendental; darsitam--shown;
atma-yogat--by My internal potency; tejah-mayam--full of
effulgence; visvam--the entire universe; anantam--unlimited;
adyam--original; yat me--that which is Mine; tvat anyena--besides
you; na drsta-purvam--no one has previously seen.
TRANSLATION The Blessed
Lord said: My dear Arjuna, happily do I show you this universal form within
the material world by My internal potency. No one before you has ever seen
this unlimited and glaringly effulgent form.
PURPORT Arjuna wanted
to see the universal form of the Supreme Lord, so out of His mercy upon
His devotee Arjuna, Lord Krsna showed His universal form full of effulgence
and opulence. This form was glaring like the sun, and its many faces were
rapidly changing. Krsna showed this form just to satisfy the desire of
His friend Arjuna. This form was manifested by Krsna through His internal
potency, which is inconceivable by human speculation. No one had seen this
universal form of the Lord before Arjuna, but because the form was shown
to Arjuna, other devotees in the heavenly planets and in other planets
in outer space could also see it. They did not seen it before, but because
of Arjuna they were able to see it. In other words, all the disciplic devotees
of the Lord could see the universal form which was shown to Arjuna by the
mercy of Krsna. Someone commented that this form was shown to Duryodhana
also when Krsna went to Duryodhana to negotiate for peace. Unfortunately,
Duryodhana did not accept the peace offer, but at that time Krsna manifested
some of His universal forms. But those forms are different from this one
shown to Arjuna. It is clearly said that no one has ever seen this form
before.
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