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The First Step in God Realization
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described in the Eleventh Chapter of the  Bhagavad-gītā . This  virāṭa rūpa  of the Lord was especially manifested, not for the benefit of Arjuna, but for that unintelligent class of men who accept anyone and everyone as the incarnation of the Lord and so mislead the general mass of people. For them, the indication is that one should ask the cheap incarnation to exhibit his  virāṭa rūpa  and thus be established as an incarnation. The  virāṭa rūpa  manifestation of the Lord is simultaneously a challenge to the atheist and a favor for the  asuras  who can think of the Lord as  virāṭa  and thus gradually cleanse the dirty things in their hearts in order to become qualified to actually see the transcendental form of the Lord in the near future. This is a favor of the all-merciful Lord to the atheists and the gross materialists.
TEXT 25
अण्डकोशे शरीरेऽस्मिन् सप्तावरणमंयुते । वैराजः पुरुषो योऽसौ भगवान् धारणाश्रयः ॥२५॥
aṇḍa-kośe śarīre'smin saptāvaraṇa-samiyute vairājaḥ puruṣo yo'sau bhagavān dhāraṇāśrayaḥ
aṇḍa-kośe —within the universal shell;  śarīre —in the body of;  asmin —this;  sapta —sevenfold;  avaraṇa —coverings;  samiyute —being so done;  vairājaḥ —the gigantic universal;  puruṣaḥ —form of the Lord;  yaḥ —that;  asau —He;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  dhāraṇā —conception;  āśrayaḥ —object of.
TRANSLATION
The gigantic universal form of the Personality of Godhead, within the body of the universal shell, which is covered by sevenfold material elements, is the subject for  virāṭa  conception.
PURPORT
Simultaneously, the Lord has multifarious other forms, and all of them are identical with the original fountainhead form of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.