Chapter 4 verse 4
“Arjuna said: Later was your birth, and prior was the
birth of Vivasvaan (Sun); -how am I to understand that you taught this yoga in
the beginning”
Doubting mind didn’t do anyone good! Krishna’s reference
to his eternal nature and divinity is still not understood by Arjuna. Arjuna
like a majority of us is still responding to his current conditioning and is
unable to receive or accept divine knowledge when it is presented on a platter.
No wonder Krishna had said in the earlier verse that the knowledge of the Self
had been lost over time. If one of the best warriors and leaders of that time
was in this state, what about ordinary beings. Look how patient Krishna is to
take all these enquiring questions in his stride. The reason is that he is focused
on the task at hand which is to encourage Arjuna to fight and keep the wheel of
life (maya) going!
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