Krishna grants divine sight and reveals His form

Unlimited mouths, eyes, ornaments, weapons, garlands etc

By inconceivable potency of the Lord, Arjuna could see the unlimited sitting in one place

More radiant than hundreds and thousands of suns (11.12)

Sanjaya is trying to give a mental picture of indescribable revelation to Dhrtarashtra

Grace of Vyasadeva – Sanjaya, by grace of Vyasa, could see all that happened in Kurukshetra

Seeing everything at one place – All unlimited expansions of the universe including planets of gold, jewels and all other kinds (11.13)

The word ‘tatra’ (There) – indicates Arjuna and Krishna were sitting on the chariot and seeing everything from one place.

Others on the battlefield could not see – Because Krishna gave the vision only to Arjuna

Arjuna is bewildered and astonished – Hair standing on end, Arjuna bows down and begins to pray with folded hands (11.14)

Text 11.14 describes the change of rasa from ‘friendship’ to ‘wonder’

This proves that Krishna is the reservoir of all relationships (12 rasas)

Symptoms of wonder – indicated by a calm, sober and quiet personality being changed to ecstatic, astonished personality with hairs standing on end and offering prayers with folded hands

Arjuna beholds Krishna’s universal form with astonishment

He hesitatingly begins to describe what he sees.

First he sees all existence, immeasurable, with great radiance, in one place within this form

Second he also sees Krishna’s frightening, all destructive kala-rupa or ‘form of time’

Arjuna then asks this form, “What is Your mission? Who are You?”