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Originally posted by: TheWatcher
Actually, thanks for bringing that up.
Yesterday Star Krishna said that - he is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara. I knew that they may add this line of him being the Trimurti, because ISKCON tradition are based on this.
My question being - Did Lord Krishna 'really' say this in Geeta?
But the concept of ParaBrahman was endorsed by Adi Shankara.
Star Krishna has totally taken it out of the context.
In the BG, Lord Krishna has said it in a different sense all together.
He doesn't directly say I am Brahma / Vishnu / Shiva, etc etc if that is what the serial showed.
What Krishna actually says amongst a group of entities, whichever one is best among them, His is present in that. His glory is manifest in everything that is superlative.
A small background:
After listening to Krishna's awe inspiring words about Gyana, Dhyana, Karma and RajaVidya, Arjuna realizes that the Krishna he always thought of as his "friend" may actually be someone greater.
Earlier on, in the the third (or perhaps the fourth- my memory fails me) chapter, Krishna says that he had taught this Yoga to the Sun himself and Arjuna, rather jokingly reminds him that he and Krishna have lived on this Earth for only so many years, while the Sun was present from the first moment of Creation. Lord Krishna calmly informs Arjuna that there never has been a moment when he had not been present in this universe.
Similarly, after many such upadeshas, Arjuna gets a realization that his friend - turned - sarathy- turned - guru may not been an ordinary man after all. Perhaps not even a man at all. Could he be a God? Narayana Himself??
In the beginning of the tenth chapter, Arjuna asks Krishna to list his own glories, his own greatness.
Krishna replies by saying that wherever something is present that is wonderful, opulent, majestic, great, it is only a manifestation of his own powers
In this context, Krishna says that among the Adityas, He is the Sun, among the rudras, He is Shiva, among the weapon wielders He is Rama, among the war commanders, He is Kartikeya.
Amongst the syllables, He is the OM, amongst the meters, he is the Gayatri chanda etc etc...
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