So, you want to worship the universal form of Krishna (virat-rupa)?
Krsna’s Deity and Krsna are not different. I was explaining this morning, Krsna has come, kindly, to accept your service as you can deal with Him. If Krsna comes in His gigantic form – Krsna has got gigantic form also, as it was shown to Arjuna – you will not be able to capture Him, neither you have any means to dress Him. Suppose the universal form of Krsna is there, and you have to dress Him, [laughter] so the whole cloth factory will be finished. [laughter] Is it not? How you can dress? You have no capacity to dress. But Krsna has kindly accepted a form, the Deity. You can purchase cloth according to your means, and with your great devotion, you can dress. Similarly, the gigantic virat-rupa, universal form, the whole, it is described in the Bhagavad-gita that He is eating, the whole humanity is going on in His mouth. Then where you will get such food? [laughter] The whole humanity, the whole universal living entities can be devoured by Krsna. But because you are not able to offer such gigantic food to Krsna, Krsna says, “All right, give Me patram puspam phalam toyam. Give Me a little flower, give Me a little fruit, give Me a little water, I shall accept it.” This is called arcana-viddhi. Krsna has agreed to accept your service as you can afford to do. It is not idol worship. It is actually worshiping Krsna.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 7.1 – June 29, 1974, Melbourne
