Chapter 11: The Universal Form

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.36

arjuna uvāca

sthāne hrishīkeśa tava prakīrtyā

jagat prahrishyaty anurajyate ca

rakshāmsi bhītāni diśo dravanti

sarve namasyanti ca siddha-sańghāh

SYNONYMS

arjunah uvāca — Arjuna said; sthāne — rightly; hrishīka-īśa — O master of all senses; tava — Your; prakīrtyā — by the glories; jagat — the entire world; prahrishyati — is rejoicing; anurajyate — is becoming attached; ca — and; rakshāmsi — the demons; bhītāni — out of fear; diśah — in all directions; dravanti — are fleeing; sarve — all; namasyanti — are offering respects; ca — also; siddha-sańghāh — the perfect human beings.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

Arjuna, after hearing from Krishna about the outcome of the Battle of Kurukshetra, became enlightened, and as a great devotee and friend of the Supreme Personality of Godhead he said that everything done by Krishna is quite fit. Arjuna confirmed that Krishna is the maintainer and the object of worship for the devotees and the destroyer of the undesirables. His actions are equally good for all. Arjuna understood herein that when the Battle of Kurukshetra was being concluded, in outer space there were present many demigods, siddhas, and the intelligentsia of the higher planets, and they were observing the fight because Krishna was present there. When Arjuna saw the universal form of the Lord, the demigods took pleasure in it, but others, who were demons and atheists, could not stand it when the Lord was praised. Out of their natural fear of the devastating form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they fled. Krishna's treatment of the devotees and the atheists is praised by Arjuna. In all cases a devotee glorifies the Lord because he knows that whatever He does is good for all.

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