Chapter 4 verse 6
“Though I am unborn and am of imperishable nature, and
though I am the Lord of all beings, yet ruling over My own nature, I take birth
by My own maya”
What did Arjuna do to deserve such divine grace that
almighty himself is declaring his omnipresent and omniscient nature? Despite
Lord’s imperishable nature, he is taking birth in this world and subjecting
himself to the illusory nature of the universe (maya) for a purpose. Several
avatars in sanatana dharma have done the same thing. There are some avatars
which appear on earth for a very short duration for a particular mission but
others such as Rama avatar and Krishna avatar are called poorna avatars (complete avatars) which taught
several lessons and touched so many people. When avatara purushas are around in
our times, it takes a lot of divine grace to be exposed and to be in direct
touch with one of them. Guru coming into one’s life is a huge blessing as Adi
Shankara bhagavatpada calls out in his vivekachoodami. If we are reading the
bhagavat gita in this lifetime and come across this verse and reflecting on the
grace through which we are getting this realization should already feel
blessed.
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