My overall question for this reading is why did Krishna choose to reveal himself to Arjuna? Was there some special trait or characteristic of Arjuna so that Krishna choose him? My question was prompt by 11.47, in his Krishna talks about revealing his higher form to "grace" Arjuna. In other ethical stories deities usually appear to a person because of their special devotion or worship of the deity, i.e. Moses in the Old Testament. I guess it is difficult to understand this context as we are so unfamiliar with the territory and scope of the Gita. Does anyone know much about the Arjuna of Hindu theology, or is he only in this one Hindu book?
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