Speaker: Arjuna
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तं
इच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।
तेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन
सहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥४६॥
kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakra-hastam
icchāmi tvāṁ draṣṭum ahaṁ tathaiva
tenaiva rūpeṇa catur-bhujena
sahasra-bāho bhava viśva-mūrte
Word for word (synonyms)
- kirīṭinam
- with helmet
- gadinam
- with club
- cakra-hastam
- disc in hand
- icchāmi
- I wish
- tvām
- You
- draṣṭum
- to see
- aham
- I
- tathā eva
- in that position
- tena eva
- by that
- rūpeṇa
- with form
- catur-bhujena
- four-handed
- sahasra-bāho
- O thousand-handed one
- bhava
- just become
- viśva-mūrte
- O universal form
Translation
O universal Lord, I wish to see You in Your four-armed form, with helmeted head and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in Your hands. I long to see You in that form.
Purport
Other scriptures cited in this purport: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
In the Brahmā-saṁhitā it is stated that the Lord is eternally situated in hundreds and thousands of forms, and the main forms are those like Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Nārāyaṇa, etc. There are innumerable forms. But Arjuna knew that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead assuming His temporary universal form. He is now asking to see the form of Nārāyaṇa, a spiritual form. This verse establishes without any doubt the statement of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead and all other features originate from Him. He is not different from His plenary expansions, and He is God in any of His innumerable forms. In all of these forms He is fresh like a young man. That is the constant feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who knows Kṛṣṇa at once becomes free from all contamination of the material world.
What this verse teaches
Requests – to show the pleasant, four-armed form.
- Section
- Arjuna’s prayers
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