Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda Commentary
AS I OFTEN REMEMBER REPEATEDLY THAT MOST WONDERFUL FORM OF HARI — Lord Krishna, the charioteer, gave the vision of His Cosmic-Form (Vishwaroopa) in an earlier chapter; it is that Form that is indicated by Sanjaya here. The Cosmic-Form of the Lord is an impressive to the man-of-heart, as the philosophy of the Geeta is unforgettable to the man-of-intelligence. The concept of the Lord’s “Total-Form” is staggering in the Vedas, and no doubt, highly impressive in the Geeta. But it need not necessarily be a mere poetic vision of the great Vyasa; there are many others whose experiences are almost parallel.
If the philosophy of the Geeta, as it reveals to us the glorious purpose in life, inspires and thrills the thinking aspect in man, the vision of the smiling Lord of Vrindavana BEHIND EVERY NAME AND FORM, BENEATH EVERY EXPERIENCE, UNDER EVERY SITUATION, adds a life-giving joy and a maddening ecstasy to the drunken heart of love.
Given the freedom, I suppose, Sanjaya would have written a full length Sanjaya-song on the Lord’s Divine Song! When the head is thrilled with the silence of under-standing, and the heart is intoxicated with the embrace of love, man gets transported into a sense of inspired fulfilment.
TO EXPRESS THAT SATISFACTION, LANGUAGE IS A FRAIL VEHICLE; THEREFORE, WITHOUT DILATING MUCH UPON WHAT IS UPPERMOST IN HIS MIND, SANJAYA SUMMARISES THEM ALL INTO A DECLARATION OF HIS BURNING FAITH, IN THIS CONCLUDING STANZA OF THE BHAGAVAD GEETA.
Adi Sankara Commentary
And, rajan, O King; samsmrtya samsmrtya, repeatedly recollecting; tat, that; ati-adbhutam, greatly extraordinary; rupam, form, the Cosmic form; hareh, of Hari; mahan vismayah me, I am struck with great wonder. And hrsyami, I rejoice; punah punah, again and again.
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