Chapter 11: Vishwaroopam

03/13/21 • 9 min

In this chapter, we explain the meaning of Krishna’s Universal Form.
Vishawaroopam is the cosmic consciousness and its manifestation as the entire universe. Gita has illustrated a symbolic and personified form of Brahmanda or the Universe.
Krishna shows Ishvara’s pleasant form. But Arjuna’s amazement turns into fear as he witnesses the transformation of Ishvara’s cosmic form. The “Soumya roopa” or the pleasant form morphed into the “Ugra roopa”, the fear-inducing form. Learn why Krishna shows both creative and destructive sides of the Universe.

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Chapter 10: Vibhuti - Viveka

This chapter is know as Vibhuti Yoga - Vibhuti means the Forms or manifestations. In stunning terms, Krishna describes his might and magnificence by reciting each place in the cosmos and on the earth where Krishna is present
Learn what Viveka means, and how Krishna explains what's real and what's unreal.

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Chapter 12: Nirguna - Saguna

This chapter begins with a question as to which is the best, the worship of the AKSARA or the indefinable impersonal Brahman or that of the absolute person, which is Krishna.
God can be experienced in two ways - NIRGUNA and SAGUNA.
NIRGUNA is the eternal all -pervading and omnipresent divine consciousness.
SAGUNA is the manifestation of God in some form.
NIRGUNA is worship of God without form. SAGUNA is worship of God with form.
Learn more about how to take the path of Bhakti!