View source for Arjuna addresses Krsna as the grandfather because He is the father of Brahma, the first living creature in the universe. BG 1972 purports

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[[Category:Krsna and Arjuna]]
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[[Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Purports, Chapter 11 - Vaniquotes]]
[[Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 1972 Purports, Chapters 01 to 18 - Vaniquotes]]
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<h2>Bhagavad-gita As it is</h2>
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<h3>BG Chapters 7 - 12</h3>
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The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Kṛṣṇa as the grandfather because He is the father of Brahmā, the first living creature in the universe.
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[[Vanisource:BG 11.39 (1972)|BG 11.39 (1972), Translation and Purport]]
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You are air, fire, water, and You are the moon! You are the supreme controller and the grandfather. Thus I offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!
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The Lord is addressed here as air because the air is the most important representation of all the demigods, being all-pervasive. Arjuna also addresses Kṛṣṇa as the grandfather because He is the father of Brahmā, the first living creature in the universe.
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