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respectful worshiping feelings; thus he wants to see the two-handed or four-handed Krṣṇa form so he can reciprocate in loving service with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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संक्रिया उवाच
इत्यर्जुनं   बासुदेवर्त्ताथोक्त्वा   इत्यर्जुनं   बासुदेवर्त्ताथोक्त्वा  आहे.
खकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः ।।
आश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं
भूत्वा  पुनः  सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥५०॥
sañjaya uvāca
ity arjunam vāsudevas tathoktvā
s  vakami rūpami daršayāmāsa bhūyah.
āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītam enaṁ
bhūtvā punah saumya-vapur mahātmā
sañjayaḥ uvāca —Sañjaya said;  iti —thus;  arjunam —unto Arjuna;  vāsudevaḥ —Kṛṣṇa;  tathā —that way;  uktvā —saying;  svakam —His own;  rūpam —form;  darśayāmāsa —showed;  bhūyaḥ —again;  āśvāsayāmāsa —also convinced him;  ca —also;  bhītam —fearful;  enam —him;  bhūtvā punaḥ —becoming again;  saumya-vapuḥ —beautiful form;  mahātmā —the great one.
TRANSLATION
Sañjaya said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, while speaking thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form, and at last He showed him His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.
PURPORT
When Krṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī, He first of all appeared as four-armed Nārāyaṇa, but when He was requested by His parents, He transformed Himself into an ordinary child in appearance. Similarly, Krṣṇa knew that Arjuna was not interested in seeing a four-handed form of Krṣṇa, but since he asked to see this four-handed form,