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TEXT 50 sanjaya uvaca
SYNONYMS  sanjayah
uvaca--Sanjaya said; iti--thus; arjunam--unto Arjuna;
vasudevah--Krsna; tatha--that way; uktva--saying;
svakam--His own; rupam--form; darsayam asa--showed;
bhuyah--again; asvasayam asa--also convinced him; ca--also;
bhitam--fearful; enam--him; bhutva punah--becoming
again; saumya-vapuh--beautiful form; maha-atma--the great
one.
TRANSLATION Sanjaya said
to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, while speaking
thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form, and at last He showed
him His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.
PURPORT When Krsna appeared
as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, He first of all appeared as four-armed
Narayana, but when He was requested by His parents, He transformed Himself
into an ordinary child in appearance. Similarly, Krsna knew that Arjuna
was not interested in seeing a four-handed form of Krsna, but since he
asked to see this four-handed form, He also showed him this form again
and then showed Himself in His two-handed form. The word saumya-vapuh
is very significant. Saumya-vapuh is a very beautiful form; it is
known as the most beautiful form. When He was present, everyone was attracted
simply by Krsna's form, and because Krsna is director of the universe,
He just banished the fear of Arjuna, His devotee, and showed him again
His beautiful form of Krsna. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated
that only a person whose eyes are smeared with the ointment of love can
see the beautiful form of Sri Krsna.
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