\u0928 \u0935\u0947\u0926\u092f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092f\u0928\u0948\u0930\u094d\u0928 \u0926\u093e\u0928\u0948-
\n\u0930\u094d\u0928 \u091a \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u092d\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0928 \u0924\u092a\u094b\u092d\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0948: \u0964
\n\u090f\u0935\u0902\u0930\u0942\u092a: \u0936\u0915\u094d\u092f \u0905\u0939\u0902 \u0928\u0943\u0932\u094b\u0915\u0947
\n\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0937\u094d\u091f\u0941\u0902 \u0924\u094d\u0935\u0926\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0965 \u096a\u096e \u0965
\nna veda-yaj\u00f1\u0101dhyayanair na d\u0101nair
\nna ca kriy\u0101bhir na tapobhir ugrai\u1e25
\neva\u1e41-r\u016bpa\u1e25 \u015bakya aha\u1e41 n\u1e5b-loke
\ndra\u1e63\u1e6du\u1e41 tvad anyena kuru-prav\u012bra
\nSynonyms
\nna \u2014 never; veda-yaj\u00f1a \u2014 by sacrifice; adhyayanai\u1e25 \u2014 or Vedic study; na \u2014 never; d\u0101nai\u1e25 \u2014 by charity; na \u2014 never; ca \u2014 also; kriy\u0101bhi\u1e25 \u2014 by pious activities; na \u2014 never; tapobhi\u1e25 \u2014 by serious penances; ugrai\u1e25 \u2014 severe; evam-r\u016bpa\u1e25 \u2014 in this form; \u015bakya\u1e25 \u2014 can; aham \u2014 I; n\u1e5b-loke \u2014 in this material world; dra\u1e63\u1e6dum \u2014 be seen; tvat \u2014 than you; anyena \u2014 by another; kuru-prav\u012bra \u2014 O best among the Kuru warriors.
\nTranslation
\nO best of the Kuru warriors, no one before you has ever seen this universal form of Mine, for neither by studying the Vedas, nor by performing sacrifices, nor by charity, nor by pious activities, nor by severe penances can I be seen in this form in the material world.
\nPurport
\nThe divine vision in this connection should be clearly understood. Who can have divine vision? Divine means godly. Unless one attains the status of divinity as a demigod, he cannot have divine vision. And what is a demigod? It is stated in the Vedic scriptures that those who are devotees of Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u are demigods (vi\u1e63\u1e47u-bhakta\u1e25 sm\u1e5bto daiva\u1e25). Those who are atheistic, i.e., who do not believe in Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, or who recognize only the impersonal part of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as the Supreme, cannot have the divine vision. It is not possible to decry K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and at the same time have the divine vision. One cannot have the divine vision without becoming divine. In other words, those who have divine vision can also see like Arjuna.
\nThe Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 gives the description of the universal form. Although this description was unknown to everyone before Arjuna, now one can have some idea of the vi\u015bva-r\u016bpa after this incident. Those who are actually divine can see the universal form of the Lord. But one cannot be divine without being a pure devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. The devotees, however, who are actually in the divine nature and who have divine vision, are not very much interested in seeing the universal form of the Lord. As described in the previous verse, Arjuna desired to see the four-handed form of Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, and he was actually afraid of the universal form.
\nIn this verse there are some significant words, just like veda-yaj\u00f1\u0101dhyayanai\u1e25, which refers to studying Vedic literature and the subject matter of sacrificial regulations. Veda refers to all kinds of Vedic literature, such as the four Vedas (\u1e5ag, Yajur, S\u0101ma and Atharva) and the eighteen Pur\u0101\u1e47as, the Upani\u1e63ads and the Ved\u0101nta-s\u016btra. One can study these at home or anywhere else. Similarly, there are s\u016btras \u2013 Kalpa-s\u016btras and M\u012bm\u0101\u1e41s\u0101-s\u016btras \u2013 for studying the method of sacrifice. D\u0101nai\u1e25 refers to charity which is offered to a suitable party, such as those who are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord \u2013 the br\u0101hma\u1e47as and the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas. Similarly, \u201cpious activities\u201d refers to the agni-hotra and the prescribed duties of the different castes. And the voluntary acceptance of some bodily pains is called tapasya. So one can perform all these \u2013 can accept bodily penances, give charity, study the Vedas, etc. \u2013 but unless he is a devotee like Arjuna, it is not possible to see that universal form. Those who are impersonalists are also imagining that they are seeing the universal form of the Lord, but from Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 we understand that the impersonalists are not devotees. Therefore they are unable to see the universal form of the Lord.
\nThere are many persons who create incarnations. They falsely claim an ordinary human to be an incarnation, but this is all foolishness. We should follow the principles of Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101, otherwise there is no possibility of attaining perfect spiritual knowledge. Although Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 is considered the preliminary study of the science of God, still it is so perfect that it enables one to distinguish what is what. The followers of a pseudo incarnation may say that they have also seen the transcendental incarnation of God, the universal form, but that is unacceptable because it is clearly stated here that unless one becomes a devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a one cannot see the universal form of God. So one first of all has to become a pure devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; then he can claim that he can show the universal form of what he has seen. A devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a cannot accept false incarnations or followers of false incarnations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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