370 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 7
ality of Godhead); alekya—having seen; vadanam—the face; sakhyuh—of
His friend; idam—this; aha—said: hasan—smiling; iva—as if.
TRANSLATION
Caturbhujah [the four-armed one], or the Personality of Godhead,
after hearing the words of Bhima, Draupadi and others, saw the face of
His dear friend Arjuna, and He began to speak as if smiling.
PURPORT
Lord Sri Krsna had two arms, and why He is designated as four-armed is
explained by Sridhara Svami. Both Bhima and Draupadi held opposite
views about killing Asvatthama. Bhima wanted him to be immediately
killed, whereas Draupadi wanted to save him. We can imagine Bhima
ready to kill while Draupadi is obstructing him. And in order to prevent
both of them, the Lord discovered another two arms. Originally, the
primeval Lord Sri,Krsna displays only two arms, but in His Narayana
feature He exhibits four. In His Narayana feature He resides with His
devotees in the Vaikuntha planets, while in His original Sri Krsna feature
He resides in the Krsnaloka planet far, far above the Vaikuntha planets in
the spiritual sky. Therefore, if Sri Krsna is called caturbhujah, there is no
contradiction. If need be He can display hundreds of arms. as He exhibited
in His visva-répa shown to Arjuna. Therefore, one who can display htn-
dreds and thousands of arms can also manifest four whenever needed.
When Arjuna was perplexed about what to do with Agvatthama, Lord
Sri Krsna, as very dear friend of Arjuna, voluntarily took up the matter
just to make a solution. And He was smiling also.
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sri bhagavan uvaca
brahma-bandhur na hantavya
atatayi vadhar-hanah
