Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 11.50

sanjaya uvaca

ity arjunam vasudevas tathoktva

svakam rupam darsayam asa bhuyah

asvasayam asa ca bhitam enam

bhutva punah saumya-vapur mahatma

SYNONYMS

sanjayah uvaca -- Sanjaya said; iti -- thus; arjunam -- unto Arjuna; vasudevah -- Krsna; tatha -- in that way; uktva -- speaking; svakam -- His own; rupam -- form; darsayam asa -- showed; bhuyah -- again; asvasayam asa -- encouraged; ca -- also; bhitam -- fearful; enam -- him; bhutva -- becoming; punah -- again; saumya-vapuh -- the beautiful form; maha-atma -- the great one.

TRANSLATION

Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, having spoken thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form and at last showed His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.

PURPORT

When Krsna appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, He first of all appeared as four-armed Narayana, but when He was requested by His parents, He transformed Himself into an ordinary child in appearance. Similarly, Krsna knew that Arjuna was not interested in seeing a four-handed form, but since Arjuna asked to see this four-handed form, Krsna also showed him this form again and then showed Himself in His two-handed form. The word saumya-vapuh is very significant. Saumya-vapuh is a very beautiful form; it is known as the most beautiful form. When He was present, everyone was attracted simply by Krsna's form, and because Krsna is the director of the universe, He just banished the fear of Arjuna, His devotee, and showed him again His beautiful form of Krsna. In the Brahma-samhita (5.38) it is stated, premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena: only a person whose eyes are smeared with the ointment of love can see the beautiful form of Sri Krsna.

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