Verse 2.10.216

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.216:

বিশ্বরূপ তোমার দেখিল দুর্যোধন যাহা দেখিবারে বেদে করে অন্বেষণ ॥ ২১৬ ॥

विश्वरूप तोमार देखिल दुर्योधन याहा देखिबारे वेदे करे अन्वेषण ॥ २१६ ॥

viśvarūpa tomāra dekhila duryodhana yāhā dekhibāre vede kare anveṣaṇa || 216 ||

visvarupa tomara dekhila duryodhana yaha dekhibare vede kare anvesana (216)

English translation:

(216) “Duryodhana saw Your universal form, which some people search throughout the Vedas to see.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Duryodhana’s darśana of the universal form is described as follows: Desiring to avoid unnecessary battle, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira sent Lord Kṛṣṇa as a messenger to Duryodhana, the head of the Kauravas, prior to the commencement of the Battle of Kurukṣetra and proposed that the kingdom be divided in half to maintain peace. Duryodhana did not agree to this proposal and conspired to arrest Lord Kṛṣṇa. As a result, Lord

Kṛṣṇa became angry and said to Duryodhana, “O Duryodhana, you desire to arrest Me, considering that I am alone. But such a desire is completely foolish. Just behold, all the Pāṇḍavas, Andhakas, Vṛṣṇis, Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus, and sages are all present.” After speaking in this way, Lord Kṛṣṇa loudly laughed and the demigods, Pāṇḍavas, Andhakas, and Vṛṣṇis, who were all as effulgent as fire and resembled a thumb in size, began to appear from the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In this way Lord Kṛṣṇa agitated, shocked, and frightened Duryodhana by manifesting His universal form and then left the assembly. (Mahābhārata, Udyoga-parva, Chapters 130- 131)