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Chapter-11
Vishvaroop
Darshan Yog
1: Arjuna said: By my hearing
the instructions You have kindly given me about these
most confidential spiritual subjects, my illusion has
now been dispelled.
2: O lotus-eyed one, I have heared from You in
detail about the appearance and disappearance of every
living entity and have realized Your inexhaustible
glories.
3: O greatest of all personalities, O supreme form,
though I see You here before me in Your actual position,
as You have described Yourself, I wish to see how You
have entered into this comic manifestation. I want to
see that form of Yours.
4: If You think that I am able to behold Your
cosmic form, O my Lord, O master of all mystic power,
then kindly show me that unlimited universal Self.
5: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear
Arjuna, O son of Prtha, see now My opulences, hundreds
of thousands of varied divine and multicolored forms.
6: O best of Bharatas, see here the different
manifestations of Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Asvini-kumaras
and all the other demigods. Behold the many wonderful
things which no one has ever seen or heard of before.
7: O Arjuna, whatever you wish to see, behold at
once in this body of Mine! This universal form can show
you whatever you now desire to see and whatever you may
want to see in future. Everything-moving and nonmoving-
is here completely, in one place.
8: But you cannot see Me with your present eyes.
Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic
opulence!
9:Sanjaya said: O King, having spoken thus, the
Supreme Lord of all mystic power, the Personality of
Godhead, displayed His universal form to Arjuna.
10-11: Arjuna saw in that universal form unlimited
form unlimited mouths, unlimited eyes, unlimited
wonderful visions. The form was decorated with many
celestial ornaments and bore many divine upraised
weapons. He wore celestial garlands and garments, and
many divine scents were smeared over His body. All was
wondrous, brilliant, unlimited, all-expanding.
12: If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise
at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the
effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form.
13: At the time Arjuna could see in the universal
form of the Lord the unlimited expansions of the
universe situated in one place although divided into
many, many thousands.
14: Then, bewildered and astonished, his hair
standing on end, Arjuna bowed his head to offer
obeisances and with folded hands began to pray to the
Supreme Lord.
15: Arjuna said: My dear Lord Krsna, I see
assembled in Your body all the demigods and various
other living entities. I see Brahma sitting on the lotus
flower, as well as Lord Siva and all the sages and
divine serpents.
16: O Lord of the universe, O universal form, I see
in Your body many, many arms, bellies, mouth and eyes,
expanded everywhere, without limit. I see in You no end,
no middle and no beginning.
17: Your form is difficult to see because of its
glaring effulgence, spreading on all sides, like blazing
fire or the immeasurable radiance of the sun. Yet I see
this glowing form everywhere, adorned with various
crowns, clubs and discs.
18: You are the Supreme primal objective. You are
the ultimate resting place of all this universe. You are
inexhaustible, and You are the oldest. You are the
maintainer of the eternal religion, the Personality of
Godhead. This is my opinion.
19:You are without origin, middle or end. Your
glory is unlimited. You have numberless arms, and the
sun and moon are Your eyes. I see You with blazing fire
coming forth from Your mouth, burning this entire
universe by Your own radiance.
20: Although You are one, You spread throughout the
sky and the planets and all space between. O great one,
seeing this wondrous and terrible form, all the
planetary systems are perturbed.
21: All the hosts of demigods are surrendering
before You and entering into You. Some of them, very
much afraid, are offering prayers with folded hands.
Hosts of great sages and perfected beings, crying All
peace! are praying to You by singing the Vedic hymns.
22: All the various manifestations of Lord Siva,
the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Visvedevas, the
two Asvis, the two Asvis, the Maruts, the forefathers,
the Gandharvas, the Yaksas, the Asuras and the perfected
demigods are beholding You in wonder.
23: O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their
demigods are disturbed at seeing Your great form, with
its many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs, and bellies
and Your many terrible teeth; and as they are disturbed,
so am I.
24: O all-prevading Visnu, seeing You with Your
many radiant colors touching the sky, Your gaping
mouths, and Your great glowing eyes, my mind is
perturbed by fear. I can no longer maintain my
steadiness or equilibrium of mind.
25: O Lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please
be gracious to me. I cannot keep my balance seeing thus
Your blazing deathlike faces and awful teeth. In all
directions I am bewildered.
26-27: All the sons of Dhrtarastra, along with
their allied kings, and Bhisma, Drona, Karna-and our
chief soldiers also-are rushing into Your fearful
mouths. And some I see traped with heads smashed between
Your teeth.
28: As the many waves of the rivers flow into the
ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into
Your mouths.
29: I see all people rushing full speed into Your
mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire.
30: O Visnu, I see You devouring all people from
all sides with Your flaming mouths. Covering all the
universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest with
terrible, scorching rays.
31: O Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell
me who You are. I offer my Obeisances unto You; please
be gracious to me. You are the primal Lord. I want to
know what Your mission is.
32: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I
am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come
here to destroy all people. With the exception of you
[the Pandavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will
be slain.
33: Therefore get up. Prepare to fight and win
glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a flourishing
kingdom. They are already put death by My arrangement,
and you, O Savyasaci, can be but an instrument in the
fight.
34: Drona, Bhisma, Jayadratha, Karna and the other
great warriors have already been destroyed by Me.
Therefore, kill them and do not be disturbed. Simply
fight, and you will vanquish your enemies in battle.
35: Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: O King, after
hearing these words from the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with
folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord
Krsna in a faltering voice, as follows.
36: Arjuna said: O master of the senses, the world
becomes joyful upon hearing Your name, and thus everyone
becomes attached to You. Although the perfected beings
offer You their respectful homage, the demons are
afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is
rightly done.
37: O great one, greater even than Brahma, You are
the original creator. Why then should they not offer
their respectful obeisances unto You? O limitless one,
God of gods, of the universe! You are the invincible
source, the cause of all causes, transcendental to this
material manifestation.
38: You are the original Personality of Godhead,
the oldest, the ultimate sanctuary of this manifested
cosmic world. You are the knower of everything, and You
are all that is knowable. You are the supreme refuge,
above the material modes. O limitless form! This whole
cosmic manifestation is pervaded by You!
39: You are air, and You are the supreme
controller! You are fire, You are water, and You are the
moon! You are Brahma, the first living creature, and You
are the great-grandfather. I therefore offer my
respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and
again and yet again!
40: Obeisances to You from the front, from behind
and from all sides! O unbounded power, You are the
master of limitless might! You are all-prevading, and
thus You are everything!
41-42: Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly
addressed You O Krsna, O Yadava, O my friend, not
knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have
done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many
times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, or
sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in
front of many friends. O infallible one, please excuse
me for all those offenses.
43: You are the father of this complete cosmic
manifestation, of the moving and the nonmoving. You are
its worshipable chief, the supreme master. No one is
equal to You, nor can anyone be one with You. How then
could there be anyone greater than You within the three
worlds, O Lord of immeasurable power?
44: You are the Supreme Lord, to be worshiped by
every living being.Thus I fall down to offer You my
respectful obeisances and ask Your mercy. As a father
tolerates the impudence of his son, a friend the
impertinence of a friend, or a wife the familiarity of
her partner, please tolerate the wrongs I may have done
You.
45: 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.
46: O universal form, O thousand-armed Lord, I wish
to see You in Your four-armed form, with helmeted head
and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower on Your
hands. I long to see You in that form.
47: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My
dear Arjuna, happily have I shown you, by My internal
potency, this supreme universal form within the material
world. No one before you has ever seen this primal form,
unlimited and full of glaring effulgence.
48: O best of Kuru warriors, no one before you has
everseen this universal form of Mine, for neither by
studying the Vedas, nor by perfoming sacrifices, nor by
charity, nor by pious activities, nor by severe penances
can I be seen in this form in the material world.
49: You have been perturbed and bewildered by
seeing this horrible feature of Mine. Now let it be
finished. My devotee, be free again from all
disturbances. With a peaceful mind you can now see the
form you desire.
50: Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Krsna, having spoken thus to
Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form and at last
showed His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful
Arjuna.
51: When Arjuna thus saw Krsna in His original
form, he said: O Janardana, seeing this humanlike form,
so very beautiful, I am now composed in mind, and I am
restored to my original nature.
52: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My
dear Arjuna, this form of Mine you are now seeing is
very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever
seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so
dear.
53: The form you are seeing with your
transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by
studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances,
nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means
that one can see Me as I am.
54: My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional
service can I be understood as I am, standing before
you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can
you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.
55: My dear Arjuna, he who engages in My pure
devotional service, free from the contaminations of
fruitive activities and mental speculation, he who works
for Me, who makes Me the supreme goal of his life, and
who is friendly to every living being-he certainly comes
to Me.
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