TEXT 5

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रश: ।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥ ५ ॥

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ
nānā-vidhāni divyāni
nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; paśya — just see; me — My; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; rūpāṇi — forms; śataśaḥ — hundreds; atha — also; sahasraśaḥ — thousands; nānā-vidhāni — variegated; divyāni — divine; nānā — variegated; varṇa — colors; ākṛtīni — forms; ca — also.

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Guddommens Højeste Personlighed sagde; paśya — se blot; me — Mine; pārtha — O Pṛthās søn; rūpāṇi — former; śataśaḥ — hundredvis; atha — også; sahasraśaḥ — tusindvis; nānā-vidhāni — mangeartede; divyāni — guddommelige; nānā — mangeartede; varṇa — farver; ākṛtīni — former; ca — også.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, O son of Pṛthā, see now My opulences, hundreds of thousands of varied divine and multicolored forms.

Guddommens Højeste Personlighed sagde: Min kære Arjuna, O Pṛthās søn, se nu Mine overdådigheder, som de fremstår i hundredvis og tusindvis af forskellige guddommelige og mangefarvede former.

Purport

Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in His universal form, which, although a transcendental form, is just manifested for the cosmic manifestation and is therefore subject to the temporary time of this material nature. As the material nature is manifested and not manifested, similarly this universal form of Kṛṣṇa is manifested and nonmanifested. It is not eternally situated in the spiritual sky like Kṛṣṇa’s other forms. As far as a devotee is concerned, he is not eager to see the universal form, but because Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa reveals this form. This universal form is not possible to be seen by any ordinary man. Kṛṣṇa must give one the power to see it.

FORKLARING: Arjuna ville gerne se Kṛṣṇa i Hans universelle form, der, selv om den er en transcendental form, kun bliver manifesteret i forbindelse med den kosmiske manifestation og derfor er underlagt den materielle naturs midlertidige tidsfaktor. Ligesom den materielle natur kommer til syne og forsvinder igen, er Kṛṣṇas universelle form også skiftevis manifesteret og umanifesteret. Den findes ikke evigt i den åndelige himmel ligesom Kṛṣṇas andre former. Hvad en hengiven angår, er han ikke ivrig efter at se den universelle form, men fordi Arjuna gerne ville se Kṛṣṇa på den måde, åbenbarede Kṛṣṇa denne form. Det er ikke muligt for folk i almindelighed at se denne universelle form. Kṛṣṇa er nødt til at give én evnen til at se den.