Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Srimad Bhagavat Gita commentary chapter 11 verse 12

 Chapter 11 verse 12 

If a thousand suns were to blaze forth together in the sky, they would not match the splendor of that great form.” 

Poets from time immemorial have used metaphors and similes to illustrate experience, imagination and observations. Likewise, Sanjaya is attempting to explain what he saw while witnessing the divine cosmic form of Bhagawan Sri Krishna. Even though radiance and brilliance of Bhagawan is incomprehensible and indescribable, Sanjaya says it is as if 1000 suns are blazing together in high noon. 1000 is a number which has been used in our history (ittihaasa) multiple times to denote numerous or countless. All the names sung in praise of Supreme Lord is 1000 number-Lalitha sahasranama, Vishnu sahasranama etc., the import of 1000 is innumerable and countless. This is the closest Sanjaya can come to the description of the Supreme Bhagawan.

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