sañjaya uvÄca
ity arjunaá¹ vÄsudevas tathoktvÄ
svakaá¹ rÅ«paá¹ darÅ›ayÄm Äsa bhÅ«yaḥ
ÄÅ›vÄsayÄm Äsa ca bhÄ«tam enaá¹
bhÅ«tvÄ punaḥ saumya-vapur mahÄtmÄ
sanjayah uvaca--Sanjaya said; iti--thus; arjunam--unto Arjuna; vasudevah--Krsna; tatha--that way; uktva--saying; svakam--His own; rupam--form; darsayam asa--showed; bhuyah--again; asvasayam asa--also convinced him; ca--also; bhitam--fearful; enam--him; bhutva punah--becoming again; saumya-vapuh--beautiful form; maha-atma--the great one.
Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, while speaking thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form, and at last He showed him His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.
When Krsna appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, He first of all appeared as four-armed Narayana, but when He was requested by His parents, He transformed Himself into an ordinary child in appearance. Similarly, Krsna knew that Arjuna was not interested in seeing a four-handed form of Krsna, but since he asked to see this four-handed form, He also showed him this form again and then showed Himself in His two-handed form. The word saumya-vapuh is very significant. Saumya-vapuh is a very beautiful form; it is known as the most beautiful form. When He was present, everyone was attracted simply by Krsna's form, and because Krsna is director of the universe, He just banished the fear of Arjuna, His devotee, and showed him again His beautiful form of Krsna. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated that only a person whose eyes are smeared with the ointment of love can see the beautiful form of Sri Krsna.
