Shloka 65
यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)
गतश् च ददृशे तत्र चतुर्बाहुधरं नरम् प्रणिपत्याह चैवैनं प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः
gataś ca dadṛśe tatra caturbāhudharaṃ naram praṇipatyāha caivainaṃ prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ
Having gone there, he beheld a man bearing four arms. Bowing down in reverence, he addressed him again and again: “Be gracious—show me your favor.”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The saving power of Bhagavān’s grace even for the sinful and ignorant
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: He reveals a divine four-armed form to turn the sinner’s fear into surrender and grant salvific grace.
Leela: Moksha-dana
Dharma Restored: Re-establishing refuge in the Lord (śaraṇāgati) as superior to fear and guilt
Concept: Seeing the Lord’s divine form evokes surrender (praṇipāta) and repeated plea for grace (prasāda).
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: When remorse arises, turn it into humble prayer and conscious surrender rather than despair.
Vishishtadvaita: The personal Lord responds to the jīva’s surrender with accessible grace, not merely impersonal justice.
Vishnu Form: Vasudeva
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Vyuha Form: Vasudeva
FAQs
The four-armed form is a recognizable mark of Vishnu’s divine sovereignty, signaling that the figure encountered is not merely human but the Supreme Lord manifesting for the devotee.
He presents surrender as the immediate, proper response to divine presence—prostration followed by humble petition—showing that grace is sought through reverence and dependence on Vishnu.
Vishnu appears as the supreme, approachable Reality who responds to devotion; the repeated plea “prasīda” underscores that liberation and aid flow from his favor rather than human power alone.