Chapter 11 verse 28-29
“As many waves of the rivers flowing rapidly into the ocean so are all these great warriors entering into your blazing mouths. As moths rush with great speed into the fire to perish, so are all these armies entering with great speed into your mouths.”
Arjuna asked to be shown the cosmic form and He is seeing His form with the divine vision afforded by the Lord Himself. Why is he getting this vision though? Arjuna has a role to play in this kurushetra war and in that he is supposed to kill his own cousins, close relatives, teacher and other elders he grew up respecting and revering. He is also supposed to fight and kill various kings who might have been friendly to Him personally in the past. I feel the Lord is offering this vision of all the kings and great men entering Krishna’s wide mouth rapidly and even violently to drive home the point that Arjuna is NOT the DOER and these men who are standing before Arjuna are doomed to perish anyways. As well, there is a greater philosophy in these slokas that everything ultimately merges with the Supreme consciousness. The jiva atma merges with the paramatma eventually. Just like all the rivers constantly merge into the ocean, all the individual souls merge with the Supreme Soul. As well, we get to see moths being attracted to the fire even though it will kill them since brightness is what is sought by them. Likewise all beings who are born on this earth ultimately seek permanent bliss and hence seek the Supreme consciousness whether they are aware of that concept or not due to the Bhagwan’s maya.
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