Gita 5.18 explained
In next verse Sri Krishna will describe when we fix our faculty on Sri Krishna how we will see this world? How we will see [...]
How do the Gita’s eyes of knowledge help Arjuna
In the Bhagavad-gita’s fifteenth chapter (15.07), Krishna cautions that our senses can mislead us, subjecting us to stress and distress. This caution echoes events in [...]
Gita 11.08 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.8 na tu māṁ [...]
Why does Krishna give Arjuna special eyes to see the universal form?
The universal form is a revelation, which essentially means it is something not normally accessible to us humans, but made accessible by divine intervention. How [...]
What is the universal form? Why does Arjuna want to see it?
The term ‘universal form’ essentially refers to a form that shows Krishna’s presence, power, purpose spread across the entire universe. The universal form pervades the [...]
Gita 11.47 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Before Krishna reveals the forms [...]
Gita 11.45 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.45 adṛṣṭa-pūrvaṁ hṛṣito ’smi [...]
Why Arjuna requests Krishna to stop the revelation of his universal form
Toward the end of the Bhagavad-gita’s eleventh chapter, when Krishna’s revelation of his universal form turns too fearsome for Arjuna to bear, Arjuna requests Krishna [...]
Gita 11.05 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan In different religions sages got [...]