Saturday, September 12, 2009

Avatars of Vishnu

Bhagavad Gita 11.16

aneka-bahudara-vaktra-netram
pasyami tvam sarvato ’nanta-rupam
nantam na madhyam na punas tavadim
pasyami visvesvara vishva-rupa

"O Lord of the universe, O universal form, I see in Your body many, many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, expanded everywhere, without limit. I see in You no end, no middle and no beginning."

- from the online, searchable Bhagavad Gita



Singapore. Statue of Krishna as Vishnu in his Vishwarupa (Universal form). Krishna showed his Vishwarupa to Arjuna, during the narration of the Bhagavad Gita before the Mahabharata war.

Photo: Steve Jurvetson

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/378256/



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