Texts 10-11 Notes
The Universal Form
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Himself as the Supreme but actually presented Himself as such to Arjuna. Arjuna must confirm this because Arjuna is the beginning of the  paramparā  system. Those who are actually interested to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and who follow in the footsteps of Arjuna should understand that Kṛṣṇa not only theoretically presented Himself as the Supreme, but actually revealed Himself as the Supreme.
The Lord gave Arjuna the necessary power to see His universal form because He knew that Arjuna did not particularly want to see it, as we have already explained.
تاریخ استان ایران
संज्ञया उवाच  ।
एवमुक त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः ॥
दुर्शियामास पार्थोय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥ ९ ॥
sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvā tato rājan
mahā-yogeśvaro hariḥ
darśayāmāsa pārthāya
paramam   rūpam aišvaram
sañjayaḥ uvāca —Sañjaya saiḍ;  evam —thus;  uktvā —saying;  tataḥ —there-after;  rājan —O King;  mahā-yogeśvaraḥ —the most powerful mystic;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa;  darśayāmāsa —showed;  pārthāya —unto Arjuna;  paramam —divine;  rūpam —universal form;  aiśvaram —opulences.
TRANSLATION
Sañjaya said: O King, speaking thus, the Supreme, the Lord of all mystic power, the Personality of Godhead, displayed His universal form to Arjuna.
TEXTS 10-11
अनेककन्नननमनेकाङ्क्षुतदर्शनम् ॥
अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥ १० ॥
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् ।।
सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥ ११ ॥