Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga:: Verse 5
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रश: ।
नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo’tha sahasraśa:
nānā-vidhāni divyāni nānā-varṇākṛtīni ca – 11.5
Lord Krishna said: See, O Partha (Arjuna), My hundreds and thousands of forms, consisting of many divine kinds, colours and shapes.
Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga: - Verse 5
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna in his earlier description only referred to the qualities and kinds of divine glories. Here now he refers to hundreds and thousands of forms, with manifold colours and brilliances. Before the eyes, what would come to light is colour and therefrom the shape.
Colours and shapes of world objects are familiar to one’s eyes. Divine forms and features must be absolutely different from these. Krishna prepares Arjuna’s mind to get into the mood and readiness to perceive them. This attunement will facilitate the appearance and perception of the divine forms and their grandeur.
As all perceptions are of, in and by the mind, for the divine ones also, the same mind is the source and substratum! Krishna is activating Arjuna’s mind to see what he will.
