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Bhagavad-gītā 11.46
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 46
- किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
- इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
- तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
- सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥४६॥
- kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakra-hastam
- icchāmi tvāṁ draṣṭum ahaṁ tathaiva
- tenaiva rūpeṇa catur-bhujena
- sahasra-bāho bhava viśva-mūrte
kirīṭinamwith helmet — with helmet; gadinamwith club — with club; cakradisc in hand-hastamdisc in hand — disc in hand; icchāmiI wish — I wish; tvāmYou — You; draṣṭumto see — to see; ahamI — I; tathāin that position evain that position — in that position; tenain that evain that — in that; rūpeṇaform — form; catuḥfour-handed-bhujenafour-handed — four-handed; sahasraO thousand-handed one-bāhoO thousand-handed one — O thousand-handed one; bhavajust become — just become; viśvaO universal form-mūrteO universal form — O universal form.
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 in Your hands. I long to see You in that form.
In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.39) it is stated, rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan: the Lord is eternally situated in hundreds and thousands of forms, and the main forms are those like Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Nārāyaṇa, etc. There are innumerable forms. But Arjuna knew that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead assuming His temporary universal form. He is now asking to see the form of Nārāyaṇa, a spiritual form. This verse establishes without any doubt the statement of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead and all other features originate from Him. He is not different from His plenary expansions, and He is God in any of His innumerable forms. In all of these forms He is fresh like a young man. That is the constant feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who knows Kṛṣṇa becomes free at once from all contamination of the material world.