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But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence!
PURPORT
A pure devotee does not like to see Krsna in any form except His form with two hands; a devotee must see His universal form by His grace, not with the mind but with spiritual eyes. To see the universal form of Krsna, Arjuna is told not to change his mind but his vision. The universal form of Krsna is not very important; that will be clear in subsequent verses. Yet because Arjuna wanted to see it, the Lord gives him the particular vision required to see that universal form.
Devotees who are correctly situated in a transcendental relationship with Krsna are attracted by loving features, not by a godless display of opulences. The playmates of Krsna the friends of Krsna and the parents of Krsna never want Krsna to show His opulences. They are so immersed in pure love that they do not even know that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In their loving exchange they forget that Krsna is the Supreme Lord. In the Srimad-Bhägavatam it is stated that the boys who play with Krsna are all highly pious souls and after many, many births they are able to play with Krsna. Such boys do not know that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They take Him as a personal friend. Therefore Sukadeva Gosvämé recites this verse:
itthaà satäà brahma-sukhänubhütyä
däsyaà gatänäà para-daivatena
mäyäçritänäà nara-därakeëa
säkaà vijahruù kåta-puëya-puïjäù
“Here is the Supreme Person, who is considered the impersonal Brahman by great sages, the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotees, and a product of material nature by ordinary men. Now these boys, who have performed many, many pious activities in their past lives, are playing with that Supreme Personality of Godhead.” (Srimad-Bhägavatam 10.12.11)
The fact is that the devotee is not concerned with seeing the viçva-rüpa, the universal form, but Arjuna wanted to see it to substantiate Krsna’s statements so that in the future people could understand that Krsna not only theoretically or philosophically presented Himself as the Supreme but actually presented Himself as such to Arjuna. Arjuna must confirm this because Arjuna is the beginning of the paramparä system. Those who are actually interested in understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and who follow in the footsteps of Arjuna should understand that Krsna not only theoretically presented Himself as the Supreme, but actually revealed Himself as the Supreme.
The Lord gave Arjuna the necessary power to see His universal form because He knew that Arjuna did not particularly want to see it, as we have already explained.
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Why Draupadi married all the Pandavas?
King Drupada set up the swayamwara in order to marry off Draupadi to a strong prince. There were several ceremonies held before the men would compete to win Draupadi's love. In order for them to receive a garland of marriage, they had the tricky task of stringing a bow and shooting five arrows into a target swinging above their head while looking into a plate filled with oil that showed the reflection of the target. The trick was the bow was enormous and so heavy that hardly any of the princes attempting to lift it could not do it. Most of them gave up after trying to lift it once. Then, it was Karna's turn. He was an ally of the Kauravas, who were cousins and rivals to the Pandavas. Karna was able to lift the bow and pull the string back. Just as he was letting go of the string, Draupadi yelled at the top of her lungs. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I won't go with him. He is not good enough." All her yelling caused Karna to miss the target, which meant he did not win a garland. Draupadi knew that if she hadn't done anything, he would have hit the target perfectly and she would be forced to go live with the evil Kauravas.
Posted on 08 Jun 2009 by biswanath
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