252 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 6

bahinam janmanam ante jrianavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah
(Bg. 7.19)
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etat ksattar bhagavato
daiva-karmatma-rupinah

kah Sraddadhyad upakartum
yoga-maya-balodayam

etat—this; ksattah--O Vidura; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; daiva-karma-atma-rupinah—of the gigantic form of transcen-
dental work, time and nature; kah—who else; sraddadhyat—can aspire;
upakartum— measure in totality ;yoga-maya— internal potency ; balodayam—
manifested by the strength of.

TRANSLATION

O Vidura, who can estimate or measure the transcendental time, work
and potency of the gigantic form manifested by the internal potency of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

PURPORT

The froggish philosophers may go on with their mental speculations on
the subject matter of the virata, the gigantic form exhibited by the yoga-
maya internal potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but
factually no one can measure such a vast exhibition. In Bhagavad-gita,
Arjuna, the recognized devotee of the Lord, says:

aneka-bahudara-vaktra-netrar
pasyami tvam sarvato ’nanta-rupam

nantam na madhyam na punas tavadim
pasyami visvesvara visva-rupa

“O my Lord, O gigantic visva-rupa form, O master of the universe, I see
innumerable hands, bodies, mouths, eyes, etc., in all directions, and they
are all unlimited. | cannot find the end of this manifestation, nor do I see
the middle, nor the beginning.” (Bg. 11.16)

Bhagavad-gita was specifically spoken to Arjuna, and the visva-rupa was
exhibited before him at his request. Ile was awarded the specific eyes to
