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Bhagayad-yitā  As It Is
[Ch. 11]
PURPORTE
Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in His universal form, which, although a transcendental form, is just manifested for the cosmic manifestation and is therefore subject to the temporary time of this material nature. As the material nature is manifested and not manifested, similarly this universal form of Kṛṣṇa is manifested and unmanifested. It is not eternally situated in the spiritual sky like Kṛṣṇa’s other forms. As far as a devotee is concerned, he is not eager to see the universal form, but because Arjuna wanted to see Kṛṣṇa in this way, Kṛṣṇa reveals this form. This universal form is not possible to be seen by any ordinary man. Kṛṣṇa must give one the power to see it.
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पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा । बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्वर्याणि भारत ॥ ६ ॥
paśyādityān vasūn rudrān aśvinau marutas tathā bahūny adrṣṭa-pūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata
paśya —see;  ādityān —the twelve sons of Aditi;  vasūn —the eight Vasus;  rudrān —the eleven forms of Rudra;  aśvinau —the two Asvins;  marutaḥ —the forty-nine Maruts (demigods of the wind);  tathā —also;  bahūni —many;  adṛṣṭa —that you have not heard or seen;  pūrvāṇi —before;  paśya —there see;  āścaryāṇi —all the wonderful;  bhārata —O best of the Bhāratas.
TRANSLATION
O best of the Bhāratas, see here the different manifestations of Ādityas, Rudras, and all the demigods. Behold the many things which no one has ever seen or heard before.
PURPORT
Even though Arjuna was a personal friend of Kışna and the most advanced of learned men, it was still not possible for him to know every-