Chapters: | | Chapter 11 | The Vision of the Universal Form | Verse 3 | | |
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Sanskrit:
Sanskrit Vocals
Transliteration:
Anvaya:
Translation:
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Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami |
Sridhara Swami's Commentary
Arjuna continues further confirming that all Lord Krishna has stated is
verily the absolute truth and that he has no doubt about it; yet still out
of curiosity he desires to see Lord Krishna's resplendent visvarupa or
divine universal form endowed with all knowledge, all power, all majesty,
all dominion and all splendor.
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| Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya | There is no commentary for this verse.
| Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja |
Ramanuja's Commentary
Lord Krishna is addressed as paramesvara or the Supreme Sovereign Lord.
Although Arjuna has fully accepted all that has been stated by Lord
Krishna; he still desires that the Supreme Lord Krishna being the abode of
all glorious attributes, out of compassion for His lieges and devotees show
His resplendent, unparalleled visvarupa or divine universal form expressive
of His divine, transcendental powers such as ruling, protecting, creating,
maintaining, sustaining and destroying. Only the Supreme Lord Krishna, the
ultimate reality of all realities, who is sublimely unique from everything
else in existence is able to reveal this form.
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| Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya |
Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary
The reality about the Supreme Lord Krishna is being confirmed to be
precisely what He has declared it to be, the total repository of
extraordinary, phenomenal power and majesty. The word evam means it is a
certainty and denotes that it should not be construed that Arjuna has no
faith in Lord Krishna because he desires to see His visvarupa or divine
universal form possessed of full power, energy, glory, dominion and
effulgence.
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| Thus ends commentaries of chapter 11, verse 3 of the Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
Verse 3
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