Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 11.46

kirītinam gadinam cakra-hastam

icchāmi tvām drashtum aham tathaiva

tenaiva rūpena catur-bhujena

sahasra-bāho bhava viśva-mūrte

SYNONYMS

kirītinam — with helmet; gadinam — with club; cakra-hastam — disc in hand; icchāmi — I wish; tvām — You; drashtum — to see; aham — I; tathā eva — in that position; tena eva — in that; rūpena — form; catuh-bhujena — four-handed; sahasra-bāho — O thousand-handed one; bhava — just become; viśva-mūrte — O universal form.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

In the Brahma-samhitā (5.39) it is stated, rāmādi-mūrtishu kalā-niyamena tishthan: the Lord is eternally situated in hundreds and thousands of forms, and the main forms are those like Rāma, Nrisimha, Nārāyana, etc. There are innumerable forms. But Arjuna knew that Krishna is the original Personality of Godhead assuming His temporary universal form. He is now asking to see the form of Nārāyana, a spiritual form. This verse establishes without any doubt the statement of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that Krishna 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 Krishna becomes free at once from all contamination of the material world.

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