Krishna compassionately tells Arjuna: 'Do not be disturbed or confused. Free from fear and with a pleased heart, behold My own form again.' Shankaracharya sees the Lord's compassion restoring the devotee to functional peace. Ramanujacharya reads divine tenderness in the command. Madhva sees the Lord's concern for His devotee's well-being as paramount. Abhinavagupta sees reassurance that the terrifying vision was a stage, not the final reality. Vallabha reads the Lord's tenderness always having the last word. Tilak reads the practical return from vision to action-readiness. Vivekananda sees the guru healing what the guru has opened. Together, these perspectives reveal the divine teacher's method: expand the student's consciousness with overwhelming truth, then tenderly restore them to a state where they can function, act, and live with the new understanding. The cosmic vision is not meant to shatter permanently but to transform permanently while allowing the transformed person to live in the world with peace and purpose.