Kala-Rupa – All Planets Disturbed by Krishna's Universal Form with Blazing Teeth and Innumerable Arms

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Morning Walk — April 5, 1974, Bombay 740405MW-BOMBAY [74:21 Minutes] Walk_740405MW-BOMBAY Dr. Patel: From which, er, Girirāja? Which śloka? Nineteenth?

Girirāja: No, twenty-three. Dr. Patel: Twenty-three. rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāham [Bg. 11.23] "All are getting frightened of You, even myself." Prabhupāda: No, the thing is that bahu-vaktram bahūdaram. Dr.

Prabhupāda: That means bahu person, many person, all person. What is that? Girirāja: "rūpam—form." Prabhupāda: Form. First thing is form.

Although virāṭ, but it includes so many forms. Then? Girirāja: "mahat—very great; te—of You; bahu—many; vaktra—faces; netram— eyes; mahā-bāho—O mighty-armed one; bahu—many; bāhu—arms; ūru..." Prabhupāda: Arms, He is exhibiting many. The same formula.

Eko bahu syām. [indistinct] Then? Girirāja: "...ūru—thighs; pādam—legs; bahu-udaram—many bellies; bahu-daṁṣṭrā..." Prabhupāda: "Many bellies" means a personal form. Daṁṣṭrā karālām. Girirāja: "...many teeth; karālam—horrible; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; lokāḥ—all the planets; pravyathitāḥ—perturbed; tathā—similarly; aham—I." Translation: "O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your many faces, eyes, arms, bellies and legs, and Your terrible teeth, and as they are disturbed, so am I." Prabhupāda: Kāla-rūpa.

Kāla-rūpa. This is called kāla-rūpa. Then? Yes. Dr.

Patel: Shall I? Prabhupāda: Yes. Dr. Patel: nabhaḥ spṛśaṁ dīptam aneka-varṇaṁ vyāttānanaṁ dīpta-viśāla-netram dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntarātmā dhṛtiṁ na vindāmi śamaṁ ca viṣṇo [Bg. 11.24] Girirāja: "nabhaḥ-spṛśam—touching the sky; dīptam—glowing; aneka—many; varṇam—color; vyātta—open; ānanam—mouths; dīpta—glowing; viśāla—very great; netram—eyes; dṛṣṭvā—by seeing; hi—certainly; tvām—You; pravyathita—perturbed; antaḥ—within; ātmā—soul; dhṛtim—steadiness; na—no; vindāmi—and have; śamam—mental tranquillity; ca—also; viṣṇo—O Lord Viṣṇu." Dr. Patel: At the same time, all the gods were seeing the same thing? Prabhupāda: Viṣṇu, this word has been used, "all-pervading," "all-pervading forms." It does not mean that because all-pervading, there is no form. Form is there always. Dr.

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