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The Universal Form

Bg 11.1
Text
arjuna uvāca
mad-anugrahāya paramaṁ
guhyam adhyātma-saṁjñitam
yat tvayoktaṁ vacas tena
moho 'yaṁ vigato mama
Synonyms

arjunaḥ uvāca-Arjuna said; mat-anugrahāya-just to show me favor; paramam-supreme; guhyam-confidential; adhyātma-spiritual; saṁjñitam-in the matter of; yat-what; tvayā-by You; uktam-said; vacaḥ-words; tena-by that; mohaḥ-illusion; ayam-this; vigataḥ-is educated; mama-my.

Translation

Arjuna said: I have heard Your instruction on confidential spiritual matters which You have so kindly delivered unto me, and my illusion is now dispelled.

Purport

This chapter reveals Kṛṣṇa as the cause of all causes. He is even the cause of the Mahā-Viṣṇu, and from Him the material universes emanate. Kṛṣṇa is not an incarnation; He is the source of all incarnations. That has been completely explained in the last chapter.