How many times Krishna showed his Vishnu (four handed) form and to whom?Please explain.?

Question

i mean ... from Krishna (two handed)to Vishnu (four handed)
not just directly vishnu form.

here i am not talking about Virat Swaroop (universal form) but four handed Vishnu form carrying Shankh(counchsell) , Chakra(wheel) , Gada (club)& Padma(lotus flower).

vishnu form to krishna form

Answer 1

Sanjaya said to Dhritarashtra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, having spoken thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form and at last showed His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna.

PURPORT

When Krishna 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, Krishna knew that Arjuna was not interested in seeing a four-handed form, but since Arjuna asked to see this four-handed form, Krishna 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 Krishna's form, and because Krishna is the director of the universe, He just banished the fear of Arjuna, His devotee, and showed him again His beautiful form of Krishna. In the Brahma-samhita (5.38) it is stated, premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena: only a person whose eyes are smeared with the ointment of love can see the beautiful form of Sri Krishna.
http://vedabase.net/bg/11/50/en1

CC Madhya 9.148: "To say nothing of Lord Narayana personally, Lord Krishna Himself appeared as Narayana just to play a joke on the gopis.

CC Madhya 9.149: "Although Krishna assumed the four-armed form of Narayana, He could not attract the serious attention of the gopis in ecstatic love.

CC Madhya 9.150: "'Once Lord Sri Krishna playfully manifested Himself as Narayana, with four victorious hands and a very beautiful form. When the gopis saw this exalted form, however, their ecstatic feelings were crippled. A learned scholar, therefore, cannot understand the gopis' ecstatic feelings, which are firmly fixed upon the original form of Lord Krishna as the son of Nanda Maharaja. The wonderful feelings of the gopis in ecstatic parama-rasa with Krishna constitute the greatest mystery in spiritual life.'"
http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/9/en1

Answer 2

Whenever Krishn has graced a deserving soul, a Vishnu ( four handed ) form has always appeared as a prelude. That perhaps is to show the Parmatma's Baikuntha abode form.

Thereafter the human form of descension takes place, as has happened in the case of Kaushalya, Devaki and Yashoda.

"Kee jai sishulila, ati priya sheela, yah sukh param anoopa,
Suni vachan sujana rodan thana, hoi balak Surbhoopa."

Answer 3

LORD KRISNA showed his cosmic form WITH FOUR HANDS FOUR TIMES in his life -

firstly to his mother Yasoda,
secondly in the court of the Kauravas,
thirdly to Arjuna on the eve of the war,
and fourthly to sage Uttanka.

The prayers offered by Kunti and Bhishma to Krishna, as recorded in the Bhagavata and the Mahabharata, are magnificent not merely as forms of literary force, but also as specimens of the glorification of God in his Avatara as Krishna. -

Answer 4

I think he shows his four handed form to narada every often.
He shown his many armed form to arjuna in mahabharatam, in shivapuran.
I can only think of these. There should be many more instances in mythology.

Answer 5

It is difficult to enumerate. The most significant is HIs darshan in the battle field. to make Arjun understant the all pervasive force behind every action.

Answer 6

*I think it was twice ---- once to his mom & next to Arjuna ; but since Sanjay too was watching the whole mahabharat, he too cd have seen it !!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

have you ever seen the democrat donkey?
how about uncle sam?
lady luck?
lady liberty?
cmon this is a new culture
you may have trouble understanding the icons
from an older culture
why not just be satisfied with the new ones
like celebrities
atleast you know they are "real"