Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time

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Thank you Krishna speaks here and he says in this one place I am seeing the whole universe I am seeing the moving and non moving all living beings actually I am showing it to you Krishna is telling Arjuna in my body that whatever else you want to see that also you will be able to see so here Krishna speaks that he is striving or rather revealing, Krishna doesn't have to strive anyway he is revealing a glimpse of omniscience to Arjuna normally if we are situated at one place we can see things from that vantage point from that place, we can't see everything we can see some things and that's all that there is to it so if we need to see everything then we may need to go to a broader perspective actually we as finite beings can never see everything but still we can possibly see more than what we may see if we rise to a higher perspective or whatever but we finite beings can never see everything but here Krishna is saying that everything in the universe Jagat Krtsnam, the word Krtsnam drives home the point that what Krishna is saying is or what Krishna is revealing is not just one or two small things Krishna is going to reveal everything which is a colossal thing to say so Krishna is revealing everything to Arjuna and the moving and the non-moving, everything in this form of mind and whatever else one may want to see you will be able to see all that so this may raise the question actually how exactly does the universal form how is exactly the universal form revealed what exactly is seen, how is it seen and what is the significance of what is being shown these are all questions that may naturally come to a thoughtful mind when we think of this extraordinary mystical vision that is being displayed so Ihai Kstham in this one place the Bhagavad Gita was revealed at a specific time in history and a specific place in geography and at the same time its message is trans-historical and it is trans-geographical it is a universal message and in that universal message there is so much relevance for everyone and within that universal message also we see that there is a universal form also that is displayed later on Arjuna will describe this universal form he will say how he is seeing everything in the universe from the top most planets to the lower most planets and that signifies that he is the all attractive supreme how it signifies that actually universal form itself is not all attractive, it is extremely powerful it is a formidable form to see fearsome form to see how Arjuna will get a reaction of fear after especially seeing something which he can't make sense of the Kaala Rupa the destructive form and that Arjuna will be seeing this is hinted at in this verse also where it is stated that whatever else Arjuna you may desire to see you can see that also you can see that to Arjuna so naturally Arjuna is in a war and quite often people we all have a fascination with what we are going to see in future we all may feel intrigued if somebody could give us a peering glass and we could look at our own future and very often one of the main reasons why people have great fascination for astrology or similar fields is that they feel that they can get a glimpse into future with such branches of knowledge with such and they can come to know about it and this knowledge of future is something which is all the more eagerly wanted when somebody is in something as momentous as a war because normally if we look at our past or at our future at one level every moment we can say is important but at another level certain moments are of phenomenally more importance than what other moments might be so we need to recognize that such moments when some things are far more important than others those are the moments when we, our life can get changed in one moment and war is such a time when not only life can get changed but life can get ended in one moment and the best way to deal with such a situation is to have some indication of what is going to happen so through the Kala Rupa Krishna will show Arjuna that Arjuna your enemies are going to be killed and you are going to be victorious so that that revelation Arjuna what you have desired to see you will see that and you will see more also that is pointed out here by Krishna to Arjuna and thus Krishna gives a very important revelation here to Arjuna the revelation that he is going to get the supreme perfection the supreme vision rather you could say the perfection of getting the supreme vision where he gets at one level from one place he gets a glimpse of everything in the universe and normally in terms of Newtonian physics universe comprises of space and time so Arjuna is going to get a glimpse of space far far greater than what is normally humanly possible and he is also going to get a glimpse of time in terms of he is going to see what is going to happen in the future in terms of the fate of the warriors in Kurukshetra and thus the universal form expands Arjuna's vision in both space and time.