QUESTION : WHY DON’T WE WORSHIP THE ”VIRATARUPA (Virata Rupa)” [universal form] AS A DIETY??–HDGSP answers—
Krsna’s Deity and Krsna not different. I was explaining this morning, Krsna has come, kindly, to accept your service as you can deal with Him. If Krsna comes in His gigantic form — Krsna has got gigantic form also, as it was shown to Arjuna — you will not be able to capture Him, neither you have any means to dress Him. Suppose the universal form of Krsna is there, and you have to dress Him, [laughter] so the whole cloth factory will be finished. [laughter] Is it not? How you can dress? You have no capacity to dress. But Krsna has kindly accepted a form, the Deity. You can purchase cloth according to your means, and with your great devotion, you can dress. Similarly, the gigantic virat-rupa, universal form, the whole, it is described in the Bhagavad-gita that He is eating, the whole humanity is going on in His mouth. Then where you will get such food? [laughter] The whole humanity, the whole universal living entities can be devoured by Krsna. But because you are not able to offer such gigantic food to Krsna, Krsna says, “All right, give Me patram puspam phalam toyam. Give Me a little flower, give Me a little fruit, give Me a little water, I shall accept it.” This is called arcana-viddhi. Krsna has agreed to accept your service as you can afford to do. It is not idol worship. It is actually worshiping Krsna.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 7.1 — June 29, 1974, Melbourne
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HDGSP SAYS HE WITNESSED THE UNIVERSAL FORM IN 1942—. We have more or less seen Kṛṣṇa as the viśva-rūpa during wartime in Calcutta in 1942. There was a siren, and we ran into a shelter, and the bombing began. In this way, we were seeing that viśva-rūpa, and I was thinking, “Of course, this is also just another form of Kṛṣṇa. But this is not a very lovable form.” A devotee wants to love Kṛṣṇa in His original form, and this viśva-rūpa is not His original form. Being omnipotent, Kṛṣṇa can appear in any form, but His lovable form is that of Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara
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HDGSP SAYS” WHILE BOMBING I WAS EATING KACHORI”—This Indian National Army, when attacked, at least made a show of attack from Imphal, especially on Calcutta dropped bombs, and the whole Calcutta became vacant. Perhaps myself and a few others remained. I sent my sons… Of course, daughter was married, but they sent to Navadvépa, Çrédhara Mahäräja’s äçrama. My wife refused to go out of Calcutta. She said, “I’ll be bombed maybe, but I’ll not go out.” [laughs] So I had to remain in Calcutta. So I’ve seen bombing, and Calcutta all vacant. And one day I was eating in the evening, at night—immediately bombing. Kachoré… I was hungry, [laughs] but the eating finished. Almost daily. But it was meant for bombing the European quarters.>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — June 10, 1976, Los Angeles
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