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Bhagavad-gītā 11.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
- पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
- नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥५॥
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
- śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
- nānā-vidhāni divyāni
- nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca
śrīthe Supreme Personality of Godhead said-bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead said uvācathe Supreme Personality of Godhead said — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; paśyajust see — just see; meMy — My; pārthaO son of Pṛthā — O son of Pṛthā; rūpāṇiforms — forms; śataśaḥhundreds — hundreds; athaalso — also; sahasraśaḥthousands — thousands; nānāvariegated-vidhānivariegated — variegated; divyānidivine — divine; nānāvariegated — variegated; varṇacolors — colors; ākṛtīniforms — forms; caalso — also.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, O son of Pṛthā, see now My opulences, hundreds of thousands of varied divine and multicolored forms.
Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in His universal form, which, although a transcendental form, is just manifested for the cosmic manifestation and is therefore subject to the temporary time of this material nature. As the material nature is manifested and not manifested, similarly this universal form of Kṛṣṇa is manifested and nonmanifested. It is not eternally situated in the spiritual sky like Kṛṣṇa's other forms. As far as a devotee is concerned, he is not eager to see the universal form, but because Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa reveals this form. This universal form is not possible to be seen by any ordinary man. Kṛṣṇa must give one the power to see it.