POWERFUL COGNITION
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Though Krsna says that this form is being shown only to Arjuna, by default Sanjaya has the great fortune to witness and participate in this vision.
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्
॥११-१०॥
aneka-vaktra-nayanam anekādbhuta
darśanam | aneka-divyābharaṇaṁ
divyānekodyatāyudham
Infinite mouths and eyes, with infinite
wonderful sights, infinite divine
ornaments, with numerous divine
weapons up- lifted.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Now Arjuna sees 360 degrees in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. He sees the whole universe, all the people on the battlefield, all of them inside Krsna, as the universal consciousness. He sees the Whole as his own being
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् ।
सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम्
॥११=११॥
divya-mālyāmbara-dharaṁ divya-
gandhānulepanam | sarvāścarya-
mayaṁ devam anantaṁ
viśvatomukham
Arjuna saw this Universal form
wearing divine garlands and clothing,
anointed with celestial fragrances,
wonderful, resplendent, endless,
with faces on all sides.
POWERFUL COGNITION
What Arjuna saw was beyond his understanding. Wherever he looked was Krsna; Krsna in many forms, many shapes, many non-forms, and non-shapes. There are no words to describe what Arjuna saw.
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।
यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः
॥ ११=१२॥
divi sūryasahasrasya bhaved yugapad
utthitā | yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syād
bhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ
If the splendor of a thousand suns were to blaze all together in the sky, it would be like the splendor of that mighty Being.
POWERFUL COGNITION
In the body of the supreme Lord, Arjuna saw the whole universe divided in different ways and at the same time united in one form. The universe is divided into many parts such as the sun, moon, earth, planets and other bodies in space. Here he sees all of them as one form.