Sri-bhagavan uvaca: pashya me partha rupani shataso 'tha sahasrashah, nana-vidhani divyani nana-varnakritini ca
The Blessed Lord said: O Arjuna, behold My hundreds and thousands of divine forms, of various kinds, colors, and shapes.
- •The divine manifests in infinite variety
- •God graciously consents to reveal Himself
- •Multiplicity is contained within the one divine
Pashyadityan vasun rudran ashvinau marutas tatha, bahunyadrishtapurvani pashyashcharyani bharata
Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ashvins, and the Maruts. O descendant of Bharata, behold the many wonders never seen before.
- •All cosmic forces are facets of the divine
- •The universal form reveals all divine beings
- •Wonders beyond ordinary perception are accessible to the seeker
Sanjaya uvaca: evam uktva tato rajan maha-yogeshvaro harih, darshayam asa parthaya paramam rupam aishvaram
Sanjaya said: O King, having spoken thus, the great lord of all mystic power, Hari, revealed to Arjuna His supreme divine form.
- •The divine reveals itself to the sincere seeker
- •Krishna as the supreme lord of yoga
- •The moment of cosmic revelation