BG 11.39: You are air, and You are the supreme controller! You are fire, You are water, and You are the moon! You are Brahmā, 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!
But, one who is in an exalted position like Arjuna then he know that everything is in Krsna and everything is Krsna. When one wants to give respects, they circle the Lord. Same way Arjuna is paying obeisances from all sides. The best parikrama in this world is performing dandavat parikrama to Govardhan parvat. While he was doing this, he remembers what has he done?
I thought of you as a friend, I rashly addressed you and did all sorts of things. Please excuse me of all these offences. When we think of Krsna that he is all pervading we have awe and reverence. And at the same time brajavasis had so much love for Krsna that they didn't consider Krsna as the supreme Lord. But our situation is we also don't consider him Lord because of our conditioned lives. But for Arjuna - covered by internal potency of Krsna and so he was ok.
Same example is how mother yashoda sees the entire universe when Krsna opens his mouth. If mother yashoda thinks that Krsna is the Lord, then her relationship ends as then she won't take care of him as her child. The importance of relationsihp is very importance. Relationships in perfection is KC. The entire KC is given so we can learn to cooperate and have loving relationships with the devotees of the world and only when we have a good relationship here only then can we enter into the spiritual realm.
Hence, we have to become expert in relationship between devotees. This Virat roopa is simple behaving as a ordinary friends to his devotee. This is inconcievable and yet a very sweet aspect of the Lord. Inspite of being so great, yet he becomes a lowly servant of his devotee. That is what we should learn from Krsna. We should become humble like Krsna. This is the sweetest aspect of Krsna, most loving aspect. If we just meditate on this, it will liberate us. Here is your Viraat rupa and you are showing me Krsna and what have you done to me, you have become my friend and now my saarthi my servant. How loving is my Lord.
As we are understanding the limitless power of the lord, yet at the same time we should remember that he is the MOST LOVING PERSON in this world. When we get this feeling that KRSNA loves me, then every material thing goes to trash and we become very very satisfied. Children know my parents love me and hence become satisfied when they see their kids.
Hence we should never lose sight of the supremacy and power of the Lord and at the same time we should never lose sight that Krsna LOVES me and only when we have both we get the faith and determination to develop that relationship with Krsna. Through that aspect of love, Krsna is coming to show us mercy and is always reciprocating with us.
The nature of the Lord is to serve the devotees and the nature of the devotees is to serve Krsna. So there is always a competition to serve each other better. example - Advaita prabhu and Mahaprabhu; Gopis and Krsna, Radha and Krsna - that is the only way we can get joy only by becoming a servant. Because even Krsna wants to become a servant then why are we becoming shy of becoming a servant. When we get initiated we get the title dasa, and that is the officially saying that now we are the servant of Krsna. Krsna is also getting joy from his devotees only by serving his devotees and that is his reciprocation to him.
Why universal form shown to Arjuna? -
1. Arjuna asked for it.
2. He wanted to solve Arjuna's confusion. He was just an excuse, he wanted to give this BG to the entire human kind and give the entire knowledge to the human race. He is making it more and more clear as he gives these concept to Arjuna. Arjuna is even more excited and wants to see the opulences and form of the Lord (Arjuna requests in 10). Arjuna is only a seeker, and Krsna is the teacher. If Arjuna is asking as a sincere seeker (and a sincere seeker will ask these questions) and on behalf of all of us - Krsna is obliging and showing his mercy to everybody. He is helping Arjuna to gain his conviction and faith in Him.
BG 11.40: 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-pervading, and thus You are everything!
BG 11.41-42: Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O Kṛṣṇa," "O Yādava," "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.
The Lord has shown the universal form to Arjuna and he has shown that everything is part of this universal form. After seeing this universal form, Krsna in front of me isn't an ordinary person. He begins composing beautiful prayers by Arjuna to Krsna. Is everything Krsna? In one way everything is Krsna but it's just a reflection of Krsna - a minute particle of Krsna. Without Krsna the living entity has no existence. Only that way can we become Krsna conscious. He struggles to see Krsna - even in the deity form. But, one who is in an exalted position like Arjuna then he know that everything is in Krsna and everything is Krsna. When one wants to give respects, they circle the Lord. Same way Arjuna is paying obeisances from all sides. The best parikrama in this world is performing dandavat parikrama to Govardhan parvat. While he was doing this, he remembers what has he done?
I thought of you as a friend, I rashly addressed you and did all sorts of things. Please excuse me of all these offences. When we think of Krsna that he is all pervading we have awe and reverence. And at the same time brajavasis had so much love for Krsna that they didn't consider Krsna as the supreme Lord. But our situation is we also don't consider him Lord because of our conditioned lives. But for Arjuna - covered by internal potency of Krsna and so he was ok.
Same example is how mother yashoda sees the entire universe when Krsna opens his mouth. If mother yashoda thinks that Krsna is the Lord, then her relationship ends as then she won't take care of him as her child. The importance of relationsihp is very importance. Relationships in perfection is KC. The entire KC is given so we can learn to cooperate and have loving relationships with the devotees of the world and only when we have a good relationship here only then can we enter into the spiritual realm.
Hence, we have to become expert in relationship between devotees. This Virat roopa is simple behaving as a ordinary friends to his devotee. This is inconcievable and yet a very sweet aspect of the Lord. Inspite of being so great, yet he becomes a lowly servant of his devotee. That is what we should learn from Krsna. We should become humble like Krsna. This is the sweetest aspect of Krsna, most loving aspect. If we just meditate on this, it will liberate us. Here is your Viraat rupa and you are showing me Krsna and what have you done to me, you have become my friend and now my saarthi my servant. How loving is my Lord.
As we are understanding the limitless power of the lord, yet at the same time we should remember that he is the MOST LOVING PERSON in this world. When we get this feeling that KRSNA loves me, then every material thing goes to trash and we become very very satisfied. Children know my parents love me and hence become satisfied when they see their kids.
Hence we should never lose sight of the supremacy and power of the Lord and at the same time we should never lose sight that Krsna LOVES me and only when we have both we get the faith and determination to develop that relationship with Krsna. Through that aspect of love, Krsna is coming to show us mercy and is always reciprocating with us.
The nature of the Lord is to serve the devotees and the nature of the devotees is to serve Krsna. So there is always a competition to serve each other better. example - Advaita prabhu and Mahaprabhu; Gopis and Krsna, Radha and Krsna - that is the only way we can get joy only by becoming a servant. Because even Krsna wants to become a servant then why are we becoming shy of becoming a servant. When we get initiated we get the title dasa, and that is the officially saying that now we are the servant of Krsna. Krsna is also getting joy from his devotees only by serving his devotees and that is his reciprocation to him.
Why universal form shown to Arjuna? -
1. Arjuna asked for it.
2. He wanted to solve Arjuna's confusion. He was just an excuse, he wanted to give this BG to the entire human kind and give the entire knowledge to the human race. He is making it more and more clear as he gives these concept to Arjuna. Arjuna is even more excited and wants to see the opulences and form of the Lord (Arjuna requests in 10). Arjuna is only a seeker, and Krsna is the teacher. If Arjuna is asking as a sincere seeker (and a sincere seeker will ask these questions) and on behalf of all of us - Krsna is obliging and showing his mercy to everybody. He is helping Arjuna to gain his conviction and faith in Him.
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