Krishna's transcendental nature cannot be understood through material senses; only by accepting His words as presented through bonafide spiritual masters.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 1.13–14 — July 14, 1973, London 730714BG-LONDON [37:40 Minutes] Bg-01.13–14_730714BG-LONDON Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat [Bg. 1.13] [break] [leads chanting of synonyms] tataḥ—thereafter; śaṅkhāḥ—conchshells; ca—also; bheryaḥ—bugles; ca—and; paṇava-ānaka—trumpets and drums; go-mukhāḥ—horns; sahasā—all of a sudden; eva—certainly; abhyahanyanta—being simultaneously sounded; saḥ—that; śabdaḥ—combined sound; tumulaḥ—tumultuous; abhavat—became. [02:24] Translation: "After that, the conchshells, bugles, trumpets, drums and horns were all of a sudden sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous." Prabhupāda: Hm. So there are mention of various types of musical instruments.
Those instruments are no longer in use. But different types of bugles, drums, kettledrums, as they use in modern days. So the same principle. By musical instruments, the soldiers are kept alive so they can fight nicely.
Sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat: "When simultaneously all the instruments were sounded, it become tumultuous." Next verse. Tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau. Read it. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ [Bg. 1.14] [break] [leads chanting of synonyms] tataḥ—thereafter; śvetaiḥ—by white; hayaiḥ—horses; yukte—being yoked with; mahati—in the great; syandane—chariot; sthitau—so situated; mādhavaḥ—Kṛṣṇa (the husband of the goddess of fortune); pāṇḍavaḥ—Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu); ca—also; eva—certainly; divyau—transcendental; śaṅkhau—conchshells; pradadhmatuḥ—sounded. [06:04] Translation: "On the other side, both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental conchshells." [break] Prabhupāda: So you have seen the picture.
Kṛṣṇa is driving four white horses. [reads from purport:] "In contrast with the conchshell blown by Bhīṣmadeva, the conchshells in the hands of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are described as transcendental." Kṛṣṇa is transcendental. Nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'vyaktāt. Kṛṣṇa is not of this material world. Kṛṣṇa's body, Kṛṣṇa's activities—everything of Kṛṣṇa—they are transcendental.
They are not of this material world. Divyam. In the catuḥ-śloki Bhāgavatam it is said, when Kṛṣṇa was instructing Brahmā, aham evāsam evāgre [SB 2.9.33/34/35/36]: "Before this material creation, I was existing." In the Vedas also it is said, eko nārāyaṇa āsīt: "Before creation, only Nārāyaṇa was there." So Kṛṣṇa's position is always transcendental. He is not any creation of this material world.
But because He comes just like a human being and acts also just like human being, those who are less intelligent, avajānanti, they think of Kṛṣṇa as ordinary human being. Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ [Bg. 9.11]. Mūḍhāḥ. Mūḍhāḥ means asses, or less intelligent class of men.
They cannot understand Kṛṣṇa's position. Kṛṣṇa's position is always transcendental. When Arjuna inquired from Him about His instruction to sun-god, Kṛṣṇa said, imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam [Bg. 4.1]. This bhakti-yogam of..., as mentioned in the Bhagavad-gītā... Bhagavad-gītā is bhakti-yogam: to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.