You know how sometimes you have to "puff youself up" to sound very authoritative in order to get something done because no one is listening to you. I'm referring to ordinary dealings, like with a company that is not doing the right thing with your money or your order for an item. I've got the part down.
In reading this I was struck how Krishna and Arjuna are meeting Maha Vishnu resting in the Karana Ocean. Krishna is there, the friend of Arjuna but He is also there as Maha Vishnu. As Maha Vishnu He is very awesome. All powerful. Overwhelming. As Krishna He is standing there with Arjuna, a close friend.
It is the same Krishna. But in order to get the material world up and running He is appearing as Maha Vishnu... all powerful.
"Accompanied by Krishna, Arjuna saw a large palace within the water.
There were many thousands of pillars and columns made of valuable
jewels, and the glaring effulgence of those columns was so beautiful that Arjuna became charmed by it. Within that palace, Arjuna and Krishna saw the gigantic form of Anantadeva, who is also known as Sesa. Lord Anantadeva or Sesanaga was in the form of a great serpent with thousands of hoods, and each one of them was decorated with valuable, effulgent jewels, which were beautifully dazzling. Each of Anantadeva's hoods had two eyes which appeared to be very fearful. His body was as white as the mountaintop of Kailasa, which is always covered by snow. His neck was bluish, as were His tongues. Thus Arjuna saw the Sesanaga form, and he also saw that on the very soft, white body of Sesanaga, Lord Maha-Vishnu
was lying very comfortably. He appeared to be all-pervading and very
powerful, and Arjuna could understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead in that form is known as Purosottama." KB 2.34
"Accompanied by Krishna, Arjuna saw a large palace within the water.
There were many thousands of pillars and columns made of valuable
jewels, and the glaring effulgence of those columns was so beautiful that Arjuna became charmed by it. Within that palace, Arjuna and Krishna saw the gigantic form of Anantadeva, who is also known as Sesa. Lord Anantadeva or Sesanaga was in the form of a great serpent with thousands of hoods, and each one of them was decorated with valuable, effulgent jewels, which were beautifully dazzling. Each of Anantadeva's hoods had two eyes which appeared to be very fearful. His body was as white as the mountaintop of Kailasa, which is always covered by snow. His neck was bluish, as were His tongues. Thus Arjuna saw the Sesanaga form, and he also saw that on the very soft, white body of Sesanaga, Lord Maha-Vishnu
was lying very comfortably. He appeared to be all-pervading and very
powerful, and Arjuna could understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead in that form is known as Purosottama." KB 2.34
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