Something I notices in the reading of these teachings, which I probably hadn't seen before, was how much Krishna talks about his superiority. Personally I believe it's too much actually, spending more than a chapter or teaching talking about his endless power. We get the point. I mean, from the beggining I sensed that Lord Krishna was a sort of magical, powerful being, but as I read on it was amazing how centered he is in terms of his abilities.
"Arjuna, see all the universe,
animate and inanimate,
and whatever else you wish to see;
all stands here as one in my body"
(Bhagavad-Gita page 98)
As to what Arjuna refers as the "three worlds", I didn't get it at all... Maybe it was symbolic, or just making reference to the whole universe, my point is it got me pretty confused. Besides, when Krishna allows Arjuan to see him in his godly form, one that a few have the priviledge to admire.
"But you cannot see me
with your own eye;
I will give you a divine eye to see
the majesty of my discipline."
(Bhagavad-Gita page 98)
The fact that Krishna even allows Arjuna to presence his iluminated state leads us to think that a sort of preference or preparation is happening. As the story goes on, near teaching 15, they talk about Arjuna graduating or so, I confirmed my believe that Arjuna was being somewhat prepared, serving as a pupil and eventually a replace Krishna.
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