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| <div id="BG118_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="140" link="BG 11.8" link_text="BG 11.8"> | | <div id="BG118_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_7_-_12" book="BG" index="140" link="BG 11.8" link_text="BG 11.8"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 11.8|BG 11.8, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence!</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 11.8 (1972)|BG 11.8, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence!</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div class="purport text"><p>A pure devotee does not like to see Kṛṣṇa in any form except His form with two hands; a devotee must see His universal form by His grace, not with the mind but with spiritual eyes. To see the universal form of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna is told not to change his mind but his vision. The universal form of Kṛṣṇa is not very important; that will be clear in subsequent verses. Yet because Arjuna wanted to see it, the Lord gives him the particular vision required to see that universal form.</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>A pure devotee does not like to see Kṛṣṇa in any form except His form with two hands; a devotee must see His universal form by His grace, not with the mind but with spiritual eyes. To see the universal form of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna is told not to change his mind but his vision. The universal form of Kṛṣṇa is not very important; that will be clear in subsequent verses. Yet because Arjuna wanted to see it, the Lord gives him the particular vision required to see that universal form.</p> |
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| :nānā-vidhāni divyāni | | :nānā-vidhāni divyāni |
| :nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca | | :nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.5|BG 11.5]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.5 (1972)|BG 11.5]]) |
| :paśyādityān vasūn rudrān | | :paśyādityān vasūn rudrān |
| :aśvinau marutas tathā | | :aśvinau marutas tathā |
| :bahūny adṛṣṭa-pūrvāṇi | | :bahūny adṛṣṭa-pūrvāṇi |
| :paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata | | :paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.6|BG 11.6]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.6 (1972)|BG 11.6]]) |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Just like Mother Yaśodā saw within the mouth of Kṛṣṇa the whole universe.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Just like Mother Yaśodā saw within the mouth of Kṛṣṇa the whole universe.</p> |
| <p>Dr. Patel:</p> | | <p>Dr. Patel:</p> |
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| :mama dehe guḍākeśa | | :mama dehe guḍākeśa |
| :yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi | | :yac cānyad draṣṭum icchasi |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.7|BG 11.7]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.7 (1972)|BG 11.7]]) |
| :na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum | | :na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭum |
| :anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā | | :anenaiva sva-cakṣuṣā |
| :divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ | | :divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ |
| :paśya me yogam aiśvaram | | :paśya me yogam aiśvaram |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.8|BG 11.8]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.8 (1972)|BG 11.8]]) |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Ah. "Because you are not accustomed to see this virāṭ form, therefore I give you special vision to see it."</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Ah. "Because you are not accustomed to see this virāṭ form, therefore I give you special vision to see it."</p> |
| <p>Dr. Patel:</p> | | <p>Dr. Patel:</p> |
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| :darśayāmāsa pārthāya | | :darśayāmāsa pārthāya |
| :paramaṁ rūpam aiśvaram | | :paramaṁ rūpam aiśvaram |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.9|BG 11.9]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.9 (1972)|BG 11.9]]) |
| <p>Prabhupāda: So this virāṭ-rūpa is subordinate. Darśayāmāsa hari. Hari is the supreme. And the virāṭ-rūpa is a feature, not that virāṭ-rūpa is original.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: So this virāṭ-rūpa is subordinate. Darśayāmāsa hari. Hari is the supreme. And the virāṭ-rūpa is a feature, not that virāṭ-rūpa is original.</p> |
| <p>Dr. Patel: One of the features of His multiple features.</p> | | <p>Dr. Patel: One of the features of His multiple features.</p> |
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| :divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ | | :divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ |
| :paśya me yogam aiśvaram | | :paśya me yogam aiśvaram |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 11.8|BG 11.8]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 11.8 (1972)|BG 11.8]]) |
| <p>Girirāja: (reads synonyms to:) "draṣṭum—to see..."</p> | | <p>Girirāja: (reads synonyms to:) "draṣṭum—to see..."</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: How one can see? Suppose I am seeing this material sky. I cannot see what are there, not even the stars at the present moment, although we know there are millions and trillions of stars. So this is my power of seeing. So how can I see all the universes in the body of..., unless he gets a special power from Kṛṣṇa to see.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: How one can see? Suppose I am seeing this material sky. I cannot see what are there, not even the stars at the present moment, although we know there are millions and trillions of stars. So this is my power of seeing. So how can I see all the universes in the body of..., unless he gets a special power from Kṛṣṇa to see.</p> |