Sanjaya confirms here to the blind old king that the terrible Universal-Form, after announcing Its intentions of coming back again to its original sweet form had actually accomplished that promise. What form Krishna re-entered is evident: “THE VERY FORM IN WHICH HE WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE OF VASUDEVA.”* He assumed the pleasant shape of Lord Krishna, the familiar friend of Arjuna, the Blue-Boy of the Gopikas, and thus consoled the mighty warrior, who was aghast with wonder, and trembling with “fear.”In these words of Sanjaya, we also can notice the minister’s anxiety that Emperor Dhritarashtra should see the suggestion that the Lord of the Universe is Krishna, and that Krishna is on the side of the Pandavas. But how … how will a blind man ever see?THE SCENE AGAIN SHIFTS TO THE WAR-FRONT WHEN SANJAYA REPORTS THE WORDS OF ARJUNA IN THE FOLLOWING STANZA:

Iti, thus; uktva, having spoken; arjunam, to Arjuna; tatha, in that manner, the words as stated above; Vasudeva darsayamasa, showed; svakam, His own; rupam, form, as was born in the house of Vasudeva; bhuyah, again. And the mahatma, exalted One; asvasayamasa, reassured; enam, this; bhitam, terrified one; bhutva, by becoming; punah, again; saumya-vapuh, serene in form, graceful in body.