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

Bg 11.35

sañjaya uvāca
etac chrutvā vacanaṁ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṁ
sa-gadgadaṁ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya

Word for word: 

sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said; etat — thus; śrutvā — hearing; vacanam — the speech; keśavasya — of Kṛṣṇa;kṛta–añjaliḥ — with folded hands; vepamānaḥ — trembling; kirīṭī — Arjuna; namaskṛtvā — offering obeisances;bhūyaḥ — again; eva — also; āha — said; kṛṣṇam — unto Kṛṣṇa; sa–gadgadam — with a faltering voice; bhīta–bhītaḥ — fearful; praṇamya — offering obeisances.

Translation: 

Sañjaya said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: O King, after hearing these words from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa in a faltering voice, as follows.

 

So actually the Visva Rupa spoke quite encouraging words but Visva Rupa was quite fearsome to see. Kshetriya do not become fearful what to talk about Arjuna but the darshan of Visva Rupa especially the Kala aspect is so fearsome…

There are various aspect of UF which is also discussed in 2nd canto of SB.

Basic concept is we connect the universe with God and whatever manifestation we see within universe we see them as manifestation of Lord’s form and by that we spiritualize vision of universe and we understand the glory of God. 

So the meditation of Virata Rupa is first step in God realization in SB in that chapter. Why first step because initially people have material conception and in that consciousness things which are materially big are respected by material people.

SP mentioned in SB that this is conceptualization which means it is not that Lord has a form like this which is somewhere in spiritual abode. SB talks about Kalpita imagined so by this way Lord’s form is imagined by great thinker.

But BG Visva Rupa is not conceptualization it is revelation, conceptualization is what we have conceived by our own imagination but revelation is everything is flashed in front of Arjuna. 

In SB Vsva Rupa meditation is described as a sadhana but here for Arjuna it is a Kripa. In Visva Rupa Kala Rupa is not shown that is especially shown to Arjuna, which Lord shown to Arjuna as an assurance. In the assembly of Kaurava also Virata Rupa was shown but there also Kala Rupa was not shown. Mata Yashoda also saw Visva Rupa but she has not seen any blood or anything like that. That is why it is said by Lord that this form is never shown to anyone earlier. Arjuna has already identified Visva Rupa as Vishnu in verse 24 & 30 in 16th verse he said Visva Rupa then why does in 31st verse he asked who are You? If he knows He is Vishnu He is Visva Rupa then why he is asking? Because the Kala Rupa has never been seen. Who is within this Visva Rupa who is devouring everyone that is what he has asked which is described as Kala Rupa.

After understanding this Visva Rupa Arjuna offers prayers which are covered in next verses.

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