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bhaktyā tv ananyayā śakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjuna jñātuṁ draṣṭuṁ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṁ ca paran-tapa

My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can …

Kṛṣṇa can be understood only by the process of undivided devotional service. He explicitly explains this in this verse so …

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

One who has unflinching devotion for the Supreme Lord and is directed by the spiritual master, in whom he has …

The personal forms of Kṛṣṇa, the two-handed form and the four-handed, are described as su-durdarśam, very difficult to see. They …

The word na, used repeatedly in the previous verse, indicates that one should not be very much proud of such …

Kṛṣṇa changes from the universal form to the four-handed form of Nārāyaṇa and then to His own natural form of …

yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vila-jā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

“The Mahā-viṣṇu, into whom all the innumerable universes enter and from whom they come forth again simply by His breathing …

In the Vedic literature (Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad 1.1) the following statement appears:

sac-cid-ānanda-rūpāya kṛṣṇāyākliṣṭa-kāriṇe namo vedānta-vedyāya gurave buddhi-sākṣiṇe

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Kṛṣṇa, who has a transcendental form of bliss, eternity and knowledge. I offer my …

The Brahma-saṁhitā (5.1) says,

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Kṛṣṇa, who has a body of eternity, knowledge and bliss. He has no beginning, …

Elsewhere it is said, yatrāvatīrṇaṁ kṛṣṇākhyaṁ paraṁ brahma narākṛti: “The Supreme Absolute Truth is a person, His name is Kṛṣṇa, …

Similarly, in Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says, mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat: “There is nothing superior to My form as the Personality of …

The universal form is not attractive for pure devotees, who are in love with the Lord in different transcendental relationships. …

My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can …