Gita 11.50 The many-handed changes through the four-handed to the two-handed

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Bhagavad Gita 11.50 Sanjay Vacha Prithya Arjunam Vasudevastra Thoktwa Swakam Roopam Darshayama Sibhuyaha Asvasayam Asichabhitam Enam Bhutva Punasau Nyevapur Mahatma Sanjay Vacha Sanjay is speaking over here so this chapter Sanjay is speaking earlier also once from verses 9 to 15 of course at one level Sanjay is speaking the whole Bhagavad Gita but when Sanjay is narrating the conversation then the Gita is ascribed to the conversants Krishna and Arjuna but when the narration of the incidence between the conversations is to be done at that time the statements are ascribed to Sanjay Prithya Arjunam Vasudevastra Thoktwa so when Arjuna spoke in this way to Vasudev Swakam Roopam Darshayama Sibhuyaha that he show his own form Darshayama Sibhuyaha he decided to show his own form Bhuyaha again Asvasayama Asichabhitam Enam Bhitam to Arjuna who was fearful Asvasayam Krishna wanted to reassure him Bhutva Punasau Nyevapur Mahatma he again became that great Mahatma Saumya Vapur he assumed his sweet form gentle form so earlier it is described that the Vishwaroopa was Ugra now Ugra is fierce, ferocious, fear inducing Saumya is gentle the contrast is being highlighted here between Ugra and Saumya it is being stated here that the earlier form that in contrast with the earlier form which is Ugra the form now being shown is Saumya and the point of the Saumya Roopa is to illustrate or highlight or underscore that Krishna doesn't want his devotees to be fearful so Arjuna was fearful and Krishna responded by removing the cause of fear by helping Arjuna to gain peace to become Asvasayam Sachbhitamenam to reassure him oh there is nothing to be afraid of the Kaala Roopa the Kaala feature of the Vishwaroopa was ghastly and Arjuna saw that even he was overcome by fear but Krishna pacified him here and now the Acharya has described that a lot is happening in this one verse Arjuna asked actually that his Chaturbhuja Roopa that Krishna shows his Chaturbhuja Roopa and Krishna does show his Chaturbhuja Roopa but after that he shows his two handed form so the Acharya is describing that basically there is a transition through three forms in this verse it starts with the Virat Roopa which is Mahad and Ugra from there it goes to the Vishnu Roopa Chaturbhuja Roopa and from the Chaturbhuja Roopa it comes down to the he comes and he again returns to his two handed form that is Aumya Roopa so although there is no explicit statement saying here that the Chaturbhuja Roopa was shown but there is an explicit statement by Arjuna just a few verses earlier requesting Krishna that he show his Chaturbhuja Roopa and there is no indication that Krishna declined Arjuna's request so the inference is that Krishna did show his Chaturbhuja Roopa over here so when Vasudeva heard Arjuna speaking like this so his own form he revealed to him again the lord is like a parent the lord does not want his devotees to be fearful just like a parent doesn't want the children to be afraid for example when a small child hears a sudden thunderbolt a child may run into the mother's thighs or mother's legs and conceal oneself in the mother's clothes because that is the way hope to be protected so similarly here Krishna when Arjuna Arjuna says that I do not want to see this form Krishna said okay don't worry Arjuna I won't show you this form and then Krishna acts accordingly and makes that form unmanifested this is probably the most action-packed verse in the Bhagavad Gita in the sense that the Bhagavad Gita is discussion amidst action and action normally the word action has a specific meaning in today's parlance for example when you say it's an action movie say so and so is an action movie now actually actions are there everyone in life and in all movies but action movie means that there's a lot of violence or fighting that is there so the Bhagavad Gita is in a setting where action is going to happen the Kurukshetra battlefield but within that arena which is meant primarily for action is a long discussion that happens here and that discussion is what is the essence of the Gita and within this whole discussion this is arguably the most action-packed verse because Krishna is action not in the sense of any fighting or defeating of anyone happening but in terms of instead of things happening now Krishna goes through three forms over here of course the Ruvirata Rupa Darshan can also be said to be action-packed where the various Devatas or various warriors are entering into the form of the Vishwa Rupa so overall among the 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita the 11th chapter is the most action-packed and here Krishna is going through three different forms and Krishna in this way he pacifies Arjuna so it's interesting that that even the Darshan of the Lord it may not always pacify sometimes it may agitate also normally we go to the temple and going to the temple we expect to feel peaceful oh there is so much stress and strain in the world but when I go to the temple then I experience peace therefore I'll keep going to the temple regularly it's a very good attitude to have at the same time sometimes even in the temple there might be agitation in the temple you might see certain things which disturb our minds so we need to know that this that it's not just going to the Lord but it is taking shelter of the Lord that will give us freedom from anxiety so Krishna, Arjuna saw Krishna's Vishwa Rupa and he got agitated but he begged Krishna please give me a shelter and I for getting shelter I need to see your two-handed form so please reveal to me your two-handed form four-handed form and then your two-handed form and Krishna obliged he satisfied Arjuna's request and thus Arjuna was able to regain his peace of.