GOD and Theory of Relativity
By: Monil Gunjaria
Tags: Bhagavad Gita, Universe, God, Science, Mythology

On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Prince Arjuna is facing Lord Krishna the dearest friend and mentor of Arjuna. After explaining to him the purpose of life and the idea of karma, Arjuna seems to still have a wish lingering around his mind and asks Krishna to show his true form.

After quenching the endless thirst for knowledge and wisdom to Arjuna by reciting the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna now had one more request by his dearest devotee. Krishna provided a celestial vision to Arjuna so he can see the cosmic or the true-form of Krishna. The lord enlightens up and rises higher and higher increasing in form, size, and volume.

Arjuna with his eyes filled with the luminosity of the intense light from the supreme form of God looks at him with curiosity, confusion, fear, and other endless thoughts. He describes this true-form as mentioned in Bhagwad Gita Chapter 11:

अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् |

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ||

दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् |

सर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम्

In that cosmic form, Arjun saw unlimited faces and eyes, decorated with many celestial ornaments and wielding many kinds of divine weapons. He wore many garlands on his body and was anointed with many sweet-smelling heavenly fragrances. He revealed himself as the wonderful and infinite Lord whose face is everywhere.

अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं

पश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् |

नान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं

पश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप

I see your infinite form in every direction, with countless arms, stomachs, faces, and eyes. O Lord of the universe, whose form is the universe itself, I do not see in you any beginning, middle, or end.

Looking at the fierce form of Lord, Arjuna loses all the courage as he realized how small he is compared to the supreme and divine lord. Arjuna is unable to interpret what he is seeing and asks Lord, “ Tell me who you are, so fierce of form. O God of gods, I bow before you; please bestow your mercy on me. You, who existed before all creation, I wish to know who you are, for I do not comprehend your nature and workings.”

To this, the Lord replied, “I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds. Even without your participation, the warriors arrayed in the opposing army shall cease to exist. O Arjuna, do not try to comprehend my form. Every moment thousands of galaxies destroy inside me and other thousands are born. Every cosmic object exists due to my wish and shall cease to exist whenever I wish. Your brain is not developed to understand my existence nor your thoughts can imagine the trueness of my form. Your eyes can only see a small part of me, so do not try to understand me just believe that I exist and be free from fear.”

Here, God gives a literal definition of the entire cosmos. His true form is the universe itself which doesn’t have any beginning nor it does have an ending. Everything is countless for his existence, the countless ears, hands with weapons show the celestial bodies capable of causing destruction. The time and space relation here describes the theory of relativity when God says I am the mighty Time and the source of destruction (Space).

How fascinating it is that the actual concepts of physics have been coded in such ancient texts and holy books of Hinduism. More needs to be explored as I believe it holds the secret of the universe.