Chapter 11 verse 24
“O Lord Vishnu, seeing your form touching the sky, effulgent in many colors, with mouths wide open and enormous blazing eyes, my heart is trembling with fear. I have lost all courage and peace of mind.”
Arjuna having realized that his cousin, lifelong friend and now his charioteer is indeed Bhagwan Vishnu Himself. So the love and affection he had for Krishna as his friend and close relative has now turned into fear of the Lord of the Universe. This happened in all Krishna’s interactions with Yashoda, Devaki, Vasudeva, cowherds of Brindavan etc. Therefore Krishna had to use his maya to restore back their ignorance of who Krishna really was so he can get on with his avatar. Arjuna describes here the massive, infinite form of Sri Krishna, multi colored, huge mouth open, enormous eyes and this form makes Arjuna tremble with uncertainty and fear that he knows that the person who he dearly asked to be his charioteer is in fact the Lord of the Universe and Supreme Being!. This fact drains all of Arjuna’s courage and mental stability. This aspect of knowing Divine avatars among the contemporaries of the avatars has happened time and again in our sanatana dharma history. All the way from dashavatars to Shirdi Sai Baba, Satya Sai Baba, Kanchi Mahaperiyava etc.,
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