Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

11.15-11.31, Arjuna’s description of UF

When Arjuna is describing the description will change into glorification which will change into offering of obeisances, which will change into prayers. 

Overview of Arjuna’s self-described vision of the Universal Form (15-31)

15-20: Vision of the universe

20-23: Effect on the universe

23-25: Effect on Arjuna

26-30: Vision of the battlefield

31: Arjuna’s Question

Bg 11.15

arjuna uvāca
paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe
sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān
brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamalāsana-stham
ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān

Word for word: 

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; paśyāmi — I see; devān — all the demigods; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dehe— in the body; sarvān — all; tathā — also; bhūta — living entities; viśeṣa–saṅghān — specifically assembled;brahmāṇam — Lord Brahmā; īśam — Lord Śiva; kamala–āsana–stham — sitting on the lotus flower; ṛṣīn — great sages; ca — also; sarvān — all; uragān — serpents; ca — also; divyān — divine.

Translation: 

Arjuna said: My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahmā sitting on the lotus flower, as well as Lord Śiva and all the sages and divine serpents.

 

paśyāmi devāṁs tava deva dehe, in Your form I am seeing many-many form

sarvāṁs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān, 

I am seeing many-many living beings and he is describing from top of universe to bottom of the universe.

brahmāṇam īśaṁ kamalāsana-stham,brahma is situated on the lotus flower and he is also controller of the universe.

ṛṣīṁś ca sarvān uragāṁś ca divyān, after Brahma Ji Rishis are there below, uragāṁś ca divyān, divine serpents are there, at the bottom of the universe there is celestial serpent Sesha Naga and other various kinds of serpents Vasuki and all that, 

paśyāmi devāṁs, I have seen all these Krishna 

So first things which Arjuna describes is scope from top of universe to bottom of the universe.

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