CC daily 139 – M 6.203 – Krishna’s defining depiction reflects his loving disposition

Chaitanya Chaitanya Amrit Madhya Leela Chapter 6 Entitled The Liberation of Sarovam Bhattacharya Text 203 Dekhaile Tandreyaage Chatur Bhuja Roop Paachhe Shyama Vanshi Mukha Swakhiya Swaroop So Dekhaile Tandreyaage Chatur Bhuja Roop So actually he showed him Chatur Bhuja Roop over there and what is the Chatur Bhuja Roop Paachhe Shyama Vanshi Mukha Swakhiya Swaroop Paachhe Shyama Vanshi so behind there was the dark complexioned Shyama holding a Vanshi and Mukha there was that form and Swakhiya Swaroop so there are multiple manifestations are described over here now Chaitanya literature in some of the different literature of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu there are some differences that are slightly mentioned about which specific form Lord Chaitanya revealed but the principle is it was extraordinary revelation that Chatur Bhuja Roop was shown and then the Krishna Roop was shown so you see that Lord Chaitanya even while helping Arjuna regain his composure when he had lost it in the Bhagavad Gita first Krishna gave wisdom that restored his vision and after that Krishna gave vision for restoring his composure again so the Bhagavata itself is wisdom which restored Arjuna's vision and composure and at the end of the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna tells Krishna that I am rightly situated my doubts have all gone now and that was one way his composure was restored but even within the Gita's flow in the 11th chapter when Krishna reveals his Vishwa Roop at that time initially Arjuna is astonished but then as he notices the Kala Roop and he focuses on the Kala Roop his astonishment changes to horror and he just can't perceive how can there be such a horrendous manifestation wherein all that he is seeing is nothing but the terrible, terrible misunderstanding about the ghastliness of God so he just can't understand is this a misunderstanding, is this a nightmare or what is this I ask you who you are and at that time Lord Krishna tells him that this is time I am the destroyer of all the worlds and based on that fearsome sort of identification Kutanjali Vepamana ki riti so although Arjuna was wearing a crown he was a formidable warrior and things, Vepamana he was also trembling in fear as he described described the extraordinary vision of what he saw and he offered prayers but still, despite getting that identification despite offering prayers, still Arjuna just couldn't digest this hugely fearsome form of God and he just begged please, please he said that please reveal your milder form and then Krishna being merciful to him revealed first to him his Chiturbhuja Rupa and then his Sukhiya Rupa so of course the exact sequence here is not the same in this case first what has been revealed is not the Sukhiya Rupa or rather not exactly the Kala Rupa but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu just directly revealed the Chiturbhuja Rupa and after that he comes to the Dvibhuja Rupa which is also here in this case the form of Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reveals Chiturbhuja and then reveals Krishna's form and in this way both the awe inspiring manifestations of divinity are revealed by Lord Chaitanya in that in that vision, in that series of darshans in quick succession Dekhaila Tandra Ke Chiturbhuja Rupa so first he showed in the Chiturbhuja Rupa Pache Shama Vamshi Mukha Sukhiya Swaroopa thereafter Shama Vamshi Mukha Sukhiya Swaroopa thereafter he showed Shama Vamshi now Krishna he himself has multiple dramatic actions and we have the dramatic depiction, artistic depictions, multifarious artistic depictions according to the various dramatic actions we may see Krishna being depicted say in the Leela of Bhishma where he is charging towards Bhishma with a chariot wheel uprised or there may be Krishna supplying unlimited saree so that Draupadi's honour is protected or there may be Krishna who is counselling Arjuna by speaking the Bhagavad Gita so Krishna's hand is raised in a wisdom pose his hands are gesticulated in a wisdom pose and Arjuna is with folded hands gratefully receiving the wisdom like that there are many thrilling pastimes, extraordinarily inspiring pastimes which the Lord has performed and there are multiple depictions of his transcendental personality and activity based on these various actions at the same time over and above these various depictions there is a standard defining iconographic depiction and that motif that typical depiction is as Vamshidhari so Krishna holding a flute and playing the flute is one of the most defining characteristics of Krishna so fighting is an activity which various people can keep doing for many days there can be when the relationship is to be formed there has to be association and in the association there has to be reciprocation between the two who want to relate with each other so here Lord Chaitanya is revealing himself in a very accessible and lovable form as Krishna so that there can be reciprocation there can be intense and indeed unforgettable reciprocation and that's when Siddhi Mahaprabhu he goes he reveals his divinity to Sarvabhauma and thus completes the process of transforming him of converting him of elevating and liberating him as this chapter is titled the liberation of Sarvabhattacharya and how that liberation from delusion will happen will unfold in the subsequent verses but here a defining characteristic of this splendorous revelation which is going to be a defining moment in Sarvabhauma's transformation is being depicted.